Alternative Portrait Project

Pupil Example: Nyasha 2010

Food and Drink Project

Pupil Example: Shannon 2010

Alternative Portrait Project

Pupil Example: Regan 2010

Alternative Portrait Project

Pupil Example: Liz 2010

Alternative Portrait Project: Harrison 2010

This GCSE Traditional Exam Brief is for you to assess your own learning and meet your 2010 GCSE examination deadline.

Alternative Portrait Project

Pupil Example: Zarmena 2010

This GCE Traditional Exam Brief is for you to assess your own learning and meet your 2010 GCE examination deadline.

This GCSE Traditional Exam Brief is for you to assess your own learning and meet your 2010 GCSE examination deadline. We have attached some examples of artists work in the mood boards attached.

This GCSE Textile Exam Brief is for you to assess your own learning and meet your 2010 GCSE examination deadline. We have attached some examples of artists work in the mood boards attached.

So we turned our store cupboard into a darkroom … and here are some of the photographic experiements.

More images are available from Departmentart Flickr page .

Alternative Portrait Project

Pupil Example: Anthony 2009

Puppet Project

Pupil Example: Craig 2009

Anti Bullying Puppet Show

The idea of using stains as a theme for the surfaces project came accidentally when I lifted up my cup to see a ring stain left on a piece of cloth. I started to create and develop stains investigating how they reacted with different materials and surfaces e.g. paper, large wooded areas and fabric.

To extend the stains experiments further I introduced photographic chemicals and the Photogram/Raygram process inspired by Man Ray introducing a series of drips and exploring the positive and negative space.

I was very pleased with how the ring stains on the photogram turned out and decided to experiment with these pictures using ICT, scanning them onto photoshop and manipulating the colours.

From there I moved into 3D and relief casting as I wanted to explore the outcome of lifting the stains looking at the height and depth while using the same colour scheme from my ICT experiments.

Recently I have been experimenting with ‘accidental’ stains e.g where a cup of tea was thrown at a white dress, whilst maintaining the colour scheme from previous works.  I’ve  stitched around the stains to enhance them which is influenced by Nava Lubelski who stitches around stains on table cloths, canvas, paper and sheets to expose the beautiful, colourful abstract movement of the stain.

Nava Lubelski

We are showcasing the photographs of Liz a Year 10 BTEC Art and Design student. Liz’s work was awarded a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Photography prize for her submission on the theme of Science and Engineering.

More images are available from Departmentart Flickr page .

Whilst visiting the Radical Nature exhibition at the Barbican centre, I noticed an interesting, igloo type hut, constructed out of layered wooden planks. The hut had an intriguing exterior, which links to my current project – Surfaces. This detailed structure influenced by textile response, layering cuttings of fabric into rows and stitching them onto a base material. The artist Eilean Agar uses a similar response with her ‘Hat and Gloves’, by layering wooden style chippings. My piece creates a sense of movement and uneven texture.

Eilean Agar

When visiting East London, I came across an indoor market, finding an old, worn, patterned chair. I wanted to recreate its pattern into textiles, so chose to weave the design with strips of fabric. I managed to find a similar weaving design which replicated the pattern, called Twill. I alternated the Twill weave up and down to create a similar zig-zag effect to the chair’s pattern. The contrast between the two colour strips concentrates on the intricate interlacing of the materials.

Whilst on the lookout for interesting surfaces to inspire me for my textiles project, a bamboo and wooden looking woven plant pot caught my eye.

I wanted to give my own textiles response to this surface, finding materials in different shades of brown to cut into strips and weave simply. This idea was very successful and reflected the original plant pot pattern very well. The pattern could also act as a parallel to the intertwining of plant branches.

At The Barbican, surrounding the actual building is a presentation of peaceful nature such as unusual plants and water features. As my brief is titled Surfaces, I found a spikey, long grass type plant, sprawled everywhere in an attractive way.

This influenced me to create a similar type of grass produced as a textiles response. After using a piece of green fabric as a base for my grass, I then machine stitched folded up snippets of woolen string onto this. This managed to create a randomized, spikey and realistic looking grass from textiles. The contrast between different shades of coloured woolen string helps to represent the tones and highlights of natural grass.

At my local train station, located inside was a silver public telephone point. At closer inspection I noticed the metal had an interesting patterned surface which I really liked the look of.

I was inspired by this to create a smocking piece which would hold much influence from the telephone point’s pattern. I tried to find a smocking style which most represented the surface, and I found the Honeycomb smock suited it well.

The intricate details of my smocking – the pleats and the embroidery, could even reflect the imagery of a mass of phone wires all connected in some way.

In the City Project

Student Example: Danielle 2009

In the City Project

Student Example: Danielle 2009

Alternative Portrait Project:

Pupil Example: Alicia 2006

Pupil Example: Lauren 2006

Neate use of found materials echos early Abstract Expressionists and Neo Dadists and his portraiture styles range from Abstraction, Constructivism to Vorticism.

Alternative Portrait Project

Pupil Example: Sharron 2006

Summer School Perry Green Visit

Pupil Examples: Sonika and Liz 2009

We have used the Russian Constructivist aesthetic using a set of architectural forms and introducing Surface, Pattern and Graphical techniques to create our own versions.

In the City Project – Sculptural Workshop

Students Example: Scott 2008

Abstract Expressionism and Jasper Johns Letter and Numbers series are excellent examples of Creativity, Experimentation  and Exploration and are an ideal movement /artist for our pupils to research and respond to.

Ks3 Colour Project

Pupil Example: Ernie 2009