CERAMIC / MOSAIC ARTWORK WITH ART4SPACE FOR YOUR SCHOOL – SITE SPECIFIC, CREATED BY YOUR PUPILS

Art4Space has over 10 years’ experience and have completed over 300 commissions. The artists are highly trained and qualified in teaching children and adults. We pride ourselves on our excellent project management skills, site specific artistic vision and knowledge of application.

PROPOSAL

The Focus

To create a mosaic and ceramic artwork for your school. The children will be involved in the project by producing designs for the mural and will create ceramic pieces and mosaic through creative and dynamic workshops.

The Aims

To increase the pupils understanding of art through the use of design, tile/ceramic and mosaic work.

To encourage all participants to collaborate on a mutual project that will directly enhance and transform their school playground or interior space.

To realise and value the creative potential in all through experienced teaching and facilitating.

To arouse and stimulate sensory development through the use of diverse textures and colours.

WORKSHOPS

Design Sessions/Mural

Art4Space will carry out stimulating and inspiring design sessions with chosen classes. We will talk about the theme of the mural – we can guide on this e.g: ‘Journeys, where we have come from and where we are going’ and what this means for the children. Then we start with a series of warm up drawing exercises, leading into working with the pupils to create elements for the mural.

The designs from the children will be put into an overall composition /design – keeping the authenticity of the artwork as we use projector and grid method. The artwork will be created with a stunning selection of tiles, other non-porous materials and ceramic.

Ceramic Sessions

The ceramic sessions are for all ages. The pupils will create their own tiles for the mural, creating shapes and imprinting with different objects and text blocks and creating relief sections. The pupils will then paint their tiles with glazes ready for firing. This can be done with whole classes in their normal classroom environment.

Mosaic

The mosaic sessions will be carried out with year 4 and above, incorporating the ceramic pieces and following the designs done by the children. The children will come to us in groups of 8-10.

Community workshops

This can take place at the school and can involve parents, staff and children. It can be an open access workshop after school. 25 participants max.

PRACTICALITIES

Proposed Timetable

When funding is secured, we work indirectly on mesh panels which are then transferred to the wall at a later stage. This can be done in one place e.g – corner of the hall, specific classroom.

Art4Space Volunteer Service

Art4Space have a volunteer programme – volunteers are invited to join us on given projects, providing the school supports this. Volunteers have a great positive impact on projects.

Art4Space will take on all project management.

Example School Murals (Approx £4000 – £7000 total)

Using handmade ceramic pieces incorporated into a 2m x 1.5m entrance mural £5000

Sculptural bench – mosaic, ceramic (and paint) 6m in length x both sides £7000

 

Award winning Welcome mosaic panel 3m x 2m £5000

3 x panels Urban Wildlife £4500