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Project One for Schools without Ceramics Facilities:
Assemblages / Abstract Constructions


Suitable for Key Stage 2 and up.


Stage 1
Visit exhibition. If possible, Gallery or school should provide drawing boards, paper and coloured pencils. Look particularly at the work of:

Sarah Bosworth, Trevor Hogan, Paul McAllister & Fiona Meagher

And the installation work of:

Marion Anderson & Basil Olton

The students should study the work and make some record drawings. Draw their attention to the fact that the work can be broken down into sections which the artist has joined together to make one piece of work. If the sections are not physically joined, ask the students to consider what it is that makes them realise this is one piece of work. Also, get the children to discuss what the difference between 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional work is.