Creativity is King During Junior Art Week
Pupils in King’s Infant & Junior Division were immersed in a week-long celebration of some of our best loved artists, including L.S. Lowry, as well as a wonderful array of expressive techniques during a week devoted to creativity.
King’s ‘Art Week’ saw three visiting artists give special workshops showing the children the process of making original three dimensional artworks from start to finish.
Gill Cosford from Sheffield worked with boys and girls in Years 3 and 4 sculpting and then baking polymer clay models of Lowry’s iconic matchstick men and women. She also worked with Years 1 and 2 making models inspired by nature and the seasons of spring and summer. Gill said: “The children made polymer clay models of themselves in the style of Lowry’s figures and were fascinated by the process from start to finish.”
While Macclesfield artist Patty Callaghan, whose work is on sale in the Silk Museum, made Papier Mâché models with pupils in Pre-School and Reception capturing the beauty of local wildlife.
Textile artist Maeve Bridge from Macclesfield then took children in Years 5 and 6 through the process of tie-dying to make fabulous and colourful bags.
Pupils is Year 1 also enjoyed recreating Kandinsky’s colourful concentric circles, Year 2 undertook detailed still life studies of nature, whilst Year 3 enjoyed creating 3D bee sculptures and a model bee hive.
King’s Infant & Junior Art Coordinator Cecilia O’Doherty said: “We want to enthuse our pupils’ creativity and show a wide range of different techniques to inspire and engage them at as early an age as possible. We wanted the children to experience new 3D techniques so we approached artists renowned for their 3D work to us help really inspire the children.
Well-known local artist Patty Callaghan, who has been selling her wildlife models for the last decade, added: “Macclesfield has such astonishing wildlife and all the children have to do is look closely to see it’s grandeur.”
