Junk Art Creations
During November 2015 Elworth Hall Primary school orgainsed a whole school project, themed SPACE, to coincide with Tim Peake's mission on the International Space Station. I worked with all years bar Reception making three large boards for outdoor display.
I prepared the boards by painting the background images and making them waterproof. The rocket involved the children filling the shape with all manner of junk which had been collected since September. The planet was then filled with hundreds of blue and green bottle tops. Jodrell Bank was made using a combination of nearly 300 lollypop sticks and slats from an old venetian blind. The dome was filled with junk items and spray painted white. The moon buggy was devised using large pieces of junk to represent the parts of the buggy. All children got to use a range of tools and equipment, such as hammer and nails, hand saws, drills, battery operated and powerful mains operated, glue guns and cartridge guns.
Junk Art Creations for Schools & Community Groups
Jodrell Bank recreated to represent Man's investigation and monitoring of Space
A rocket representing Man's journey into Space
A moon buggy representing Man's exploration of Space
The three boards in situ outside Elworth Hall Primary School in Sandbach
CreweFest, Crewe Town Council community event
I was commissioned by Crewe Town Council to produce a piece of work that could be part of the CreweFest.
The event was to celebrate everything that is good about Crewe, including its rich railway history.
I decided to create the outline of a train and carriages which people could come along to and fix items of junk within the outline.
The day was a great success with both boards completed on the day. They were taken back to my studio where I enhanced the black outline and spray-painted the junk panels. The slide show opposite shows images of preparation, through to finished piece.
More case studies.....
Eco-days...
Eco days are very popular with schools in helping to teach children about the importance of looking after our world. My Junk Art Workshops are the ideal way to get children enthusiastically involved, using different tools and equipment, working both individually and in teams to create funky and exciting art.
These quirky sheep were made using old tee shirts. The tee shirts were cut in a special way to produce 'tarn' which was then used to make pompoms. These were then attached to the prepared boards to create the sheep's fleece - one of my favourite outcomes!
Turn a pile of waste cardboard into 2D textural art panels. Create crazy robots from tin cans and bits and bobs. Use plastic bottles to create colourful and wacky flower boards - melting and spray painting plastic - always a popular activity with children!
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