Earth Hour at St. Lukes School 2011

A life-size interactive book made by the children from year 1 at Carlton Hill Primary School that tells the tale of Diwali

Stick men

Working with Same Sky at Thomas Knyvett school in Staines, creating stained glass effect to brighten up the

windows that look out onto a concrete courtyard. February 2011

Colourwheels were invited back to Out of the Ordinary festival for a second year to run MOON inspired family workshops for a special parade.

Selected for HOUSE Open Exhibition May 2010

Colourwheels were invited back to St.Lukes Primary School to help the pupils celebrate the new edible forest garden. We carried out workshops with the entire school, which included ephemeral art, natural dyeing, papermaking, sculptures made out of recycled materials, observational drawing and printing. The project bought life to the garden while the plants were still young and filled the space with colour and inspiration untill the planting had time to establish itself. The children, teachers and parents all loved the artwork and we have been invited back again for a third year running.

Testimonial

Colourwheels have run two extensive projects in the school over the last two years. Both projects have been a major success and have greatly enriched the art experience of the children and opened their minds, in a truly imaginative way, to the themes/ ideas involved.

In the last project they explored the theme of the beach with the children and created a magical atmosphere in the hall, where the children were able to use a wide range of media to express their ideas. The quality of art was of a very high standard.

In the second project they worked with the children on ideas inspired by our Edible Forest Garden. They used a wide range of recycled materials to produce sculpture, prints, paper and textile pieces. They amazed me with their calm but highly organised approach to running the workshops. They managed to run high quality workshops for over 600 children over a two week period. The children and staff loved the experiences and were extremely positive in their evaluations, the only ‘negative’ being they would have liked more!

Colourwheels worked throughout in a very commited manner and actively sort to involve the school in the whole planning process to requests from the staff/ children or the demands of the curriculum.

I have been very impressed.

I would highly recommend the group. We intend using them again soon.

Mr Cooper.

Headmaster at St. Lukes’ Primary school, Brighton.

“Tina was recommended by Dan Lake of Same Sky to lead a series of workshops to construct a large withy and paper ‘Superhero’ as part of 2010 hollingbury Park Avenue Street Party Project.

Tina was the ideal candidate for this as she is experienced and skilful with this type of work.

She communicated well with the organisers, both in the planning stages and throughout the project, and also with the children in the workshops. The whole venture was a well-managed collaboration between all parties involved.

The business angle was managed efficiently and transparantly, materials were efficiently resourced and time management was excellent.

I would recommend Tina and would invite her again to work with us.”

Fanny Tulley  (committee Hollingbury Park Avenue Street Party)  September 2010

 

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made with children and parents for the Hollinbury Park Avenue street Party 2010