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Wings & Things, Zion Arts Centre
Immediate Arts, Rochdale
Immediate Arts is a local government funded arts project open to all ages and abilities and is based in the Broadwater Centre, Rochdale.
One69a facilitated a screen printing workshop for the Immediate Arts group at the Zion Arts Centre. During this session, the group were able to design and cut their own stencils and hand print using silk screens onto tshirts, bags and papers.
"The overall creativity of this group was exceptional and it was brilliant to see how their initial ideas transformed into designs for tshirts. Everyone was really enthusiastic to learn a new creative skill and the groups achievements in the session were outstanding" one69a
St Edmunds Primary School, Miles Platting. 5 weeks, Autumn 2009
One69a worked with Year 5 of St Edmunds Primary School as part of the creative curriculum project. The aim was to produce large pieces of art, which could be displayed in their school. As the pupils had been studying William Morris, we chose this as a point of reference and took inspiration from this artists work to create our own prints. We focused on abstract shapes from nature, plants and insects.
Utilising the entire gallery space, we made a mini art gallery and sketching area where the pupils could observe examples of work by William Morris to draw and cut out their stencils in preparation for printing. Once the stencils were ready the pupils could choose to mono print their designs to form a giant collage or they could screen print onto lengths of canvas material to form giant wall hangings.
After an initial demonstration to mono and screen printing techniques, the pupils were encouraged to work independently to develop their skills and ideas.
"We found that the instant results gained with the printing techniques used were particularly beneficial as the pupils could see their designs and ideas immediately translated into their own work" - one69a
"The pupils were clearly excited when they started to see their prints forming into pieces of art and the pride in their work was clearly evident as they recognised and commented on elements of the pieces that they had completed. By the end of the project, the pupils were confident in mono and screen printing techniques which in itself is a fantastic achievement" - one69a
"It was my kind of thing; I could be in a world of my own where I could imagine it then put it on paper. It was really relaxed. I would go a million times if I could! I would recommend it to all my friends" - Bubacarr Jobarteh Year 5
Claremont Primary School, Mosside. 6 weeks, Autumn 2009
One69a worked in conjunction with Zion Arts Centre and Claremont Primary School to deliver a weekly after school comic club. The aim of this project was to improve literacy and story telling within the group. We incorporated the use of Mac Books and used the Apple programme “Comic Life”. This is an interactive comic design programme that allows users to click and drag images from the Internet, photo albums and the photo booth facility and then create their own comic style, design and narrative.
We incorporated a variety of creative methods to encourage the pupils to develop their comic ideas. For example, we divided the pupils into groups and gave them three random items, which they had to build into a storyline. Each pupil designed and drew their own superhero, which was also the starting point for a narrative. We also set a task called “Musical Comics” where the group worked in pairs and spent ten minutes building a storyline on Comic Life then the group would move to the next computer along and continue they story where the last pair finished and so on.
"I enjoyed using the laptops becuase they had good effects and photo booth" - Adil, Year 6
"I liked using the laptops and using the props to make a story was good" - Kofi, Year 6
Divine Mercy Primary School, Mosside. 6 weeks, Autumn 2009
One69a worked in partnership with the Zion Arts Centre to facilitate a documentary making project with a small group of pupils from the school. This project was a weekly after school club and the aim of the project was to give the group hands on experience of all the different elements involved in making a documentary with the final outcome being a short film about the school.
From acting to sound engineering to camera work, the pupils were encouraged to try out each different role. During each session we captured footage giving the pupils perspective of their school, this was then edited and will be displayed in the school reception area in the New Year.
Video available to watch soon!
Castlefield School, Hulme. 12 Weeks, August 2009
The New Year brings a new school for the pupils at Castlefield and one69a worked on a 12 week project with a group of students to make a variety of art work to be displayed in their school.
The aim of this project was to investigate the local community of Hulme and to encourage cohesion between the students and the are surrounding their new school.
T shirt design
This first element of the project incorporated the learning of a new skill and encouraged the group to investigate and develop their design ideas. They made hand cut stencils and created a design to define their identity. They then used these stencils to handprint their own tshirts using silk screens.
Photography
The group followed a marked route on a map of Hulme and made a photo documentary of the journey. Following basic photography techniques the group recorded their environment from a variety of perspectives. Using photography as a research tool encouraged the group to consider their surroundings in more depth.
Printing
Using the photography from previous sessions, we developed the images into stencils, which were then cut, and hand screen printed onto material pieces and stitched together to make a hanging piece of artwork, which formed an abstract representation of their vision of the community.
Projection
Using the theatre space at Zion Art Centre, we projected the photographs the group had previously taken onto large drawing boards, which were covered in paper. The group then sketched on top of the projected images, we continually changed the image but kept the same paper, which gradually built up a collage of hand drawn images of Hulme.
We also used a projection technique, which creates feedback through the video camera. This distorts any movement, which occurs between the video camera and the projection. Members of the group moved and danced to create trails and patterns, which were also drawn over and around.
Comic Life
We gave a brief introduction on how to use the apple software Comic Life and the group then designed a comic about a day in the life of Hulme. They used photographs they had taken earlier in the project.
This project will culminate in an exhibition of the completed work at the new Castlefield School in January where peers, teachers and parents will be able to appreciate the achievements of the group.
"Working on a longer term project gave us the capability to work with a range of disciplines, we introduced the pupils to new ideas and skills and they hadn’t worked with before and the results were outstanding, we are really looking forward to putting the exhibition together in the New Year" - one69a