Last Friday I had the opportunity to run a sculpture workshop with local artists from Surrey. Our sponsors for the Inspiring Views project gave us the use of the Education Studio on the Alderbrook Estate. It was an inspiring place to work, full of light and built from Oak. All those who attended needed to plan and construct their mold in negative space. There were some surprising results. Everyone enjoyed the day, learned new skills and was able to drive away with a small sculpture.
Another lovely sculpture made by a Year 9 student during my workshops at Glebelands School in Cranleigh. Incorporating the forms of Ammonite fossils this work ties in to aspects of my seat design which is based on layered natural forms - and also the seats location along the Greensands Way which was originally formed by a process of sedimentation.
We have all had such fun working on these. The students in Year 9 at Glebelands School in Cranleigh have had to work hard and stay focused to make these works in the time we had. But the upcoming GCSE students have all managed to make fantastic sculptures cast in plaster.
It's been a joy to work with the support of such a vibrant, hands on, can do, Art Department and the results speak for themselves.
An inspiring few days which will feed into the work of everyone involved.
I have been working with some great Year 9 pupils at Glebelands school in Cranleigh. The students made some simple relief casts in order to get a feel for the 3D workshops that were to follow. This deceptively beautiful relief work is based on an aerial photograph of a village in Mali called Labbezanga.
In order to foster a better understanding of the sculptural bench seat I am creating for Reynards Hill I am running sculpture workshops with local community groups.
The first of these have been with Year 5 pupils at Cranleigh C of E Primary School. I have now worked with all of the year group. The children have been so responsive and a delight to work with. Patient and hardworking.
Using clay and plaster I have helped them to make sculptures in the round. Concepts of layers and contours have fired their imagination and the results have been stunning. The image featured here is one of 42 abstract sculptures we made. Everyone involved has had a great time and the children have really enjoyed doing something so very different.