Mightier Than The Sword:
Artist Commission, Films, Teacher Toolkit, Workshops & Exhibition Design
Artist Commission, Films, Teacher Toolkit, Workshops & Exhibition Design
Bayeux Tapestry Accordion Book
January 2016 I was commissioned by HRAEN to produce an artwork and toolkit for schools. I designed and made an original 50 foot long accordion folded collaged bookwork to stimulate new artistic response to the imagery, themes and history of the Bayeux tapestry. Pupils were encouraged to create their own individual accordion-fold collaged books, collaborate as a class by joining their pages together into a longer bookwork. Using the Bayeux Tapestry as source material children could interpret the artwork in their own way using collage and abstract art technique. |
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Making the Accordion Book
Video / 3mins I filmed and edited a three minute film showing the processes involved in making the collaged pages of the accordion bookwork inspired by The Bayeux Tapestry. |
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Project in Action
Video / 3 mins I filmed and edited a three minute film showing pupils from Salehurst School working on their accordion book pages. Each pupil worked on a single section of folded paper using a photocopy of the Bayeaux Tapestry as inspiration. The pages were then joined together to form a single book. |
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Mightier Than The Sword Teacher Toolkit
March 2016 I designed an 18-page instructional toolkit for teachers . The toolkit can be downloaded from the Hastings & Rother Artists Education Network website. It contains the following sections:
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Mightier Than The Sword Exhibition
Source Skatepark, Hastings 16 July - 16 October 2016 Local schools became involved with the help of Hastings and Rother Arts and Education Network. Working with me and also working independently the schools work was collected, scanned and reprinted for exhibition at Source Park, Hastings. The exhibition ran for three months to coincide with ROOT 1066 Contemporary Arts Festival. This exhibition presented the work produced by the first of the schools to use these toolkits and take part in workshops which ran in June and July 2016. |
Exhibition Information Boards & Invite
Source Park For the exhibition at Source Park I also designed the A0-sized project information boards and the exhibition launch event invites, which were distributed to local schools. The information boards included Blippable video and audio content. |