Year 7 – Art – Autumn 2
In Autumn 2, year 7 investigated: What does it mean to be an individual?
They began by creating mood boards to answer the question, who am I?
They then moved onto to explore the work of AI WeiWei, a contemporary, Chinese artist. Students evaluated his installation ‘Sunflower Seeds’ – made from 100,000,000 hand-crafted porcelain sunflower seeds. The students then had a go at replicating these seeds by carving into thick paint.
After experimenting with bars of soap and different tools, the students then moved onto designing and carving a piece of soap to express their individuality.
The term finished by looking at some of the sculptures created by Anthony Gormley and having a go at creating their own person-based sculpture using clay.
Throughout Autumn 2 the students built upon annotating and evaluating both their own work and art by other artists.
