In 2015, I was chosen to take part in a community project called 6 artists - 6 schools. The selected artist was to produce some artwork with school children and their chosen community in order to celebrate the children artmarks achievements. The whole project was recorded and later exhibited at the Discovery Centre in Greenwich in July 2015.
My setup involved working with 2 reception classes and for our work to be permanently exhibited at the Vista Field Children’s Centre in Eltham, London.
After my initial visit, I realised that too many restrictions applied to putting anything inside the building and I therefore opted to have the permanent installation outside the building.
I decided to create a "zen garden" entitled Positive ripples- where children and community alike could come to hear, see, feel and generally take some time out to reflect, being inspired by the work around them.
There was 3 main ideas:
The sound - a giant windchime where children would cut out shapes in slabs of clay and where a swirl would be printed onto it.
The visual - 7 poles painted with black and white lines (easy colours for babies to see) and relating to ripples.
The kinesthetics - 7 half spheres made by the children where coils and pieces of clay were added to moulds and sealed to the ground. Used as seats or to stand on and to feel their textures...in the colours of the rainbow.
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