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Making Activities Project Three for Schools with Ceramics Facilities: Working with texture and pattern Suitable for key stage 1 and up Back at School Of course, the pupils will not have been able to touch the work in the exhibition, and touch / feel is the best way of experiencing texture. To start to get the concept of texture across, get the pupils to go around the room / playground taking rubbings of various surfaces - walls, floors, doors, trees, carpets, grills etc. Tell them to gently run their fingers over each surface when they’ve finished so they can link the visual image with the feel of the surface. When back in the classroom, hold up some of the sheets and get the other children to try and guess what the original surface was. Ask the children to describe how the different surfaces felt when they touched them. You may want to list a vocabulary on the blackboard to help them with this. Get the pupils to think about why some surfaces are more suitable for some types of ceramics than others. For example, a mug needs to be comfortable to hold / drink out of, hygienic and easy to clean. What type of surface should it have?