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Workshop 'Working with the Community at Etruria
Industrial Museum 2007
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People worked on their own ideas in clay
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Workshop 'Working with Wax' at Newcastle Museum
and Art Gallery 2006
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Wire armature and supports were made and cast
in plaster bases
Figures and animals were made using a variety
of wax based modelling materials some on a plaster
base
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Workshop 'Creating the figure in Plaster' at Newcastle
Museum and Art Gallery 2006
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Wire armature and supports were made and cast
in plaster bases
Figures and heads were made using a variety
of materials mixed in the plaster
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Workshop with MAM- Mum Art Workers at Cheadle
Guild Hall
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Mums made releifs mainly for xmas decorations
in air drying clay, which when dry would be
painted and decorated.
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Workshop at Elworth Hall Primary School, Sandbach
June 2005- Painting a self portrait
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Children aged 8 years,
learnt about portrait painting and then painted
their self portraits.
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Workshop at Shire Hall Museum and Art Gallery-
January and February 2005- Modelling a head in clay.
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January
With an adult group, they worked for a day
on making a life sized portrait head from a
model
February
Children aged between 8 and 11 years,modelled
a head in clay
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Workshop at Churchfields Primary School - December
2004
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Pupils in the Art Club,
aged between 8 and 11 years,
working on the theme the Nativity.
They made a Stable and built figures in clay,
and decorated them.
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Workshop at Churchfields Primary School - May
2004
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Pupils in the Art Club,
aged between 8 and 9 years,
working on the theme of insects
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Workshop at Churchfields Primary School - March
2004
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Pupils in the Art Club,
aged between 8 and 11 years,
working on the theme the circus built figures
that could be suspended in the Main Entrance.
They built up the figures on a
wire frame
with a variety of materials over
three sessions, and then decorated them
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Workshop at Alsager School 2003
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The Pupils develop their ideas
into three dimenions in the form of a releif
in clay and naturals forms or man made mechanical
objects.
They then cast their releifs
in plaster to give the mirror image.
They also used the plaster casts
as moulds for press moulds and slip casting.
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Community Workshops - Portrait Heads
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Several workshops were undertaken on the skills
of modelling a portrait head in clay , working
from a model at Newcastle Museum and Art Gallery.
In one workshop the heads were prepared for
firing, and in another air drying clay was used.
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Cheshire Millennium Pilgrimage
Residencies
Five residencies for the Cheshire Millennium Pilgrimage
were undertaken, which involved communities throughout
Cheshire making a gift for another community and making
a pilgrimage to give it.
She worked with the pupils of Kings Grove High School
to produce a 'gift' for the beautiful old church of
Saint Mary's, Acton near Nantwich. The 'gift' is a
relief with mother and child based on the themes Love,
Joy, Hope. It is made of decorative ceramic tiles
in the tradition of Luca Della Robbia but with modern
ideas and approach. It involves the pupils making
over a hundred tiles, the largest of which is twenty
by sixteen inches followed eight tiles ten inches
by ten inches, and going down to three inches by three
inches for the surround. Overall it is expected to
be over five foot by three foot.
She has also worked at Alsager School exploring sculpture
techniques on the theme of hands. At Wybunbury Delves
Church of England aided Primary, she worked with pupils,
which included making a record of hands of different
members of the community from a baby to the more elderly,
about 20 in total, by making casts of their hands.
These hands formed part of their gift. A residency
based on nature was undertaken at Winsford High Street
Community School and a large bird bath and table were
made as the 'gift' and animals and insects were made
in clay .
At Pikemere County Primary, Alsager, the pupils had
been studying Pepys, and had produced a play on the
fire of London, which they performed at Milton House
Old Peoples Home, Alsager, and also wanted to produce
a gift for them. I worked with pupils on this theme
to make a Mosaic Mirror, and houses in clay of the
period.
Pupils of Kings Grove High School, Crewe.
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A plaque was made as a gift to the old church
of Saint Mary's, Acton near Nantwich, by the
pupils of Kings Grove High School . The size
of the plaque is 165 cms by 110 cms, consists
of over 100 tiles, made by 12 pupils, most of
the tiles involving many processes including
three firings during the decoration. Incorporating
designs from in church, and tiles representing
the town – Crewe – where pupils
live, and the countryside where Acton is and
most of the parishioner’s live, shields
and flowers and oak leaves.
The concept for the design is the message of
the birth of Christ, and birth of any child
viz . love, joy and hope.
Joy -the ideas for the designs
of the 4 tiles come from the Hymn ‘For
the beauty of the Earth....’The four tiles
in this section show the beauty of the earth
,skies, sea, and the joy of human love.
Hope -The four tiles in this
section show hope for a new generation, for
peace between nations, conservation of the planet/
environment, for scientific advancement to help
mankind.
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Sculpture by pupils of Alsager School
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Cast in plaster by the pupils and mounted on
a wooden base
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Hands of the community of Wybunbury Delves
Church of England aided Primary School
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Pupils of Wynbunbury Delves Church of England
aided Primary School involved in the Cheshire
Millennium Pilgrimage Residencies.
Angela has also undertaken several Community
Workshops and has participated in a series of
workshops for the Cheshire Millennium Pilgrimage
project.
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Cast in plaster by the pupils and mounted on
a wooden base.
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Bird Bath and Table - Pupils at Winsford
High Street Community School.
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Bird Bath and Table and animals were made in
clay at Winsford High Street Community School.
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Mosaic Mirror inspired by fire - Pikemere
Primary School, Alsager
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Pupils from Pikemere Primary School ,Alsager
gave a gift to Milton House Old Peoples home,
in conjunction with performing a play based
on the fire of London.
Pupils also made houses in clay of the period.
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Painting & Sculpture For Local Schools And The
Community
On a number of occasions I have provided residencies
at local schools and for the community in Cheshire
and Staffordshire:
A Residency at Cranberry Junior School, Alsager
based on the history of the Potteries
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The figures and tableau involved
a range of techniques and materials used by
pupils 9 to 11.
The sculpture is a scene from the pottery
industry in the 19th century. It shows a pottery
worker handing a plate to a paintress for
decoration. This job was often done by children
at that time.
The background was designed and made by the
children following a visit to the Gladstone
Pottery Museum near Stoke on Trent, where
the pottery industry was first established.
During the residency various
sculpture techniques, and processes used to
make pottery, were incorporated as follows:-
Slip Casting; Plaster Casting ; Life Casting
; Photography ; Head Modelling ; Sculpture
Assembly ;
The residency was recorded on video. Further
details about the video and a copy of the
teacher's notes can be obtained.
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