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Bronze of tree / meadow group in situ
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
NEWPORT INFANTS SCHOOL PROJECT
Pond group observing and drawing
From May to October 1999, Andrea Sinclair and Bill Hudson of Art in the Park worked on an art project with Newport Infants School in Leyton, London E10. We worked with all of the Year 1 children (5-6 year old), comprising three classes, to make three separate bronze relief plaques for their school garden.
Every class had a half day visit to Art in the Park studios, then a further 2 days working in the garden.
Each of the three groups concentrated on a different habitat area of the garden; these being the logpile, the pond and the tree / meadow area. Each class did intensive work with their area, observing and discussing the plant and animal life and the different textures and shapes to be found there. They went on to do a series of drawings, collage and practice clay work, before making the final artwork in clay. Bill and Andrea put together all the children's clay work into one relief artwork for each class. This process was commenced with the children, so that they had some input into and understanding of how the final pieces would look.
Over the summer Bill and Andrea finished off the three clay artworks and prepared moulds for the foundry where they were cast in bronze. They were sited back in the school garden in October, with a public opening.