Amaraah and friends great painting
Doves by Izzy Jenny's self portrait
The banners were designed and painted by the current art extension and a few volunteers .
Izzy Clarke, Nellie
Dodds, Amaraah
Faiz, Keeley
Phipps, Jenny
Choi, Amy
Kim, Rachel
Kirsop, Katherine
Champion, Mia Andrews, Louis
Knight, Karishma
Singh, Tille-Belle Robinson
Extra helpers
Nellie
Evisson, Iona
Taylor, Amelia
Hudson, Laouena
Le Loeur, Bradyn Taylor.
Bradyn Taylor contributed the Whakapapa design .
Bradyn Taylor contributed the Whakapapa design .
Our project description for the festival:
Heaton artists took their
inspiration for their work from this year’s Cultural Festival theme,
Adorn the
bird with feathers so that it can fly.
Ma te huruhuru ka rere
te manu.
We discussed the meaning
of this proverb and what the ‘metaphorical feathers’, that enable us to fly,
might be. Birds have different types of feathers: flight feathers, down
feathers to keep warm and dry, and in some species display plumage to catch the
eye.
We need skills in life,
our flight feathers, but we also need to be warm and healthy, our softer
down-like feathers. In order to achieve in life we need many people to help us
adorn ourselves with feathers.
We require the support of
friends and family to encourage us to achieve our goals and to support us when
times are hard. We need teachers to teach us skills. They might be teachers at
school, on the playing field, musicians or members of our own family.
We also looked at how lines
can communicate flight or upward movement and how text can be pattern and
texture as well as meaning.
A significant study was looking
at the rhythms that different feathers made when dropped from a height. The
long flight feathers spiraled through the air as they fell and the smaller
feathers floated gently from side to side.
The student work on
display has incorporated all these components into their compositions.
The
large banners by our extension art group
(with a few enthusiastic year 7s).
The
charcoal drawings and ceramics by Year 8 students .
Drypoint
intaglio prints by Year 7 students.
Ceramics by year 8 students.
Ceramics by year 8 students.
Many have also added
specific elements that represent their personal interests and goals.
Just back from hanging the work in the CBS. Looking good. We are pride of place in the entrance.
Just back from hanging the work in the CBS. Looking good. We are pride of place in the entrance.
The feathers look great fluttering in the wind
I wasn't sure where the banners would go eventually. I had originally thought they might hang further to the right of the entrance. However, where they are is as if they were made to measure. A perfect fit. Incredible!
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| Year 8 charcoal and chalk drawings |
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| Year 8 Charcoal and chalk drawings |
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| Year 7 drypoint prints |
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| Year 8 ceramics |
So just to remind you how we got there.
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| In progress |
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| Our Saturday workshop. Lots of hard work but great fun. Rachel, Tilly-Belle, Mia, Amelia and Iona |
Amelia
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| Izzy, Mia, Iona, Laouena, Amelia and Keeley |
Keeley
Volunteer year 7s Amelia and Laouena
Izzy
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| Our model baby George via Salvation Army Op Shop |
Iona
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| Mia and her dove |
Rachel
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| Tilly-Belle |
