GREAT CHRISTMAS ANNIMATION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WByNPn1peb4

SEE HOW IT IS MADE.

Made for the supermarket Sainsbury's , also to raise money for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital

Kakapo cloak design transforms justice and emergency services precinct car park

 new Christchurch art work by Leonie Hutchinson

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/87462690/kakapo-cloak-design-transforms-justice-and-emergency-services-precinct-car-park

Pen top pastimes

I wouldn't dream to suggest that you might ever be in a boring lesson, but should you ever find yourself wanting to pass time and only have a few pens and a piece of paper this idea might be for you.

http://www.thisismarvelous.com/imaginative-3d-illustrations-made-from-everyday-objects-by-victor-nunes/

Elves

That time of the year again

Our elves in action as we encourage everyone to show their gratitude.

https://hail.to/app/heaton-normal-intermediate-school/article/view/w9Xrvzt

New Students

It was lovely to meet some of our 2017 students last night.
Do have a look at some of the things we have done.
Let me know if you have a particular area of interest.
If you want to write a piece to go in the art blog about some work you have made, or an exhibition you have been to, you don't need to wait until you are at Heaton. Just email me your article.
Don't forget, don't wait until it is your rotation for art to use the art room!
Below is an art work by a living UK artists. See the message on his pot. ART IS SUCH FUN.

Grayson Perry (UK)

Art Club

Art Club is a place where you can feel at home.
Art Club is also a great opportunity to meet new people.
CJ

Fun facts about art club by Oliver.

1 Printing is fun when it is something you have made.

2 Turning the the press to see what you have created is exciting.

3 You can  show your friends and family what you have printed.

Olivia's print

In this picture I am revealing my flower pot print and I am very happy with how it turned out.

This is the finished print. My favourite part of art was getting to come  at lunch and getting to print or start a new picture.

New page , online editing tools

Check out this online editing tool . Have fun and send me some of your images.

http://www.picturetopeople.org/

Dr Who and Van Gogh

 Dr Who takes Van Gogh back to the future.

http://kottke.org/16/09/vincent-van-gogh-visits-a-gallery-of-his-paintings-in-the-present-day

Wooly Thoughts, Crafty Mathematics

http://woollythoughts.com/index.html

Theo Jansen's Amazing Kinetic Sculpures

https://www.facebook.com/NewYorkMag/videos/10154480077989826/

Amazing sculptures from around the world

Amazing sculptures from around the world
https://www.facebook.com/fantasticworld/videos/608225909359299/

James Gurney

Artist James Gurney shows the process he used for painting dinosaurs for Scientific American magazine (March, 2012 issue).

https://www.facebook.com/paleontology.world/videos/956633867761539/

Aggie the first art gallery robot

http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/events_programs/aggie.asp

AGWA is launching a new public engagement program including a robot guide ‘Aggie’ the world’s first art gallery engagement robot. Developed with Perth-based technology firm Smartbots, Aggie is a walking talking art expert who brings the works in the Gallery to life with enchanting insights and childlike wonder. Aimed specifically at families, Aggie will lead a monthly tour around the collection and also host workshops for children in the new Imagination Room. ABOUT AGGIE • Aggie is the world’s first humanoid robot art gallery guide. • She is the result of a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Western Australia and Perth-based leader in robotic technology, Smartbots, to bring an entertaining new dimension to the enjoyment of visual arts. • She will call the Art Gallery of Western Australia home and join its team of 80 guru (human) guides. • From 28th May she’ll be leading monthly, hour-long tours, providing an informative, entertaining and sometimes humorous look at various artworks within the Gallery’s collection. Read more about Aggie's tours.  • Aggie will also host a monthly Robot Art Class for children. Read more about Aggie's art class. • Aggie is a truly international robot. She is a Nao robot, designed by French company Alderbaran running on software developed by Belgian firm QBMT, which has been expanded on by Perth-based technology experts Smartbots.

Ngā Toi

Ngā Toi

Like a supernatural being, Toi, we acknowledge you.

The heart quickens at your call.

Your heart gladdens the spirit,

your spirit releases the voice,

your voice opens the mind,

the mind weaves the words,

weaving the words carves the inherited treasures.

Inspired by your image, sound resonates,

performance thrives, the many faces of imagery

captures the eye.

Linked by a soaring voice,

fix your eyes on the people.

From traditions etched in the future let your breath be felt.

Ignite imagination!

Let the mind create beyond what is seen,

so that the arts that inspire continue to do so.

Let everyone know that the arts celebrate the present and create the future.

  

(Translation of Iho Toi by Hirini Melbourne, Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, 2010, p. 98)

Kintsugi

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/kintsugi-the-art-of-broken-pieces/

The Art of Kintsugi

Ex Heaton Photographer

Check out ex Heaton Student Logan Cooper's Photography
https://www.facebook.com/LoganCooperPhotography/?fref=nf

One of my favourite artists Andy Goldsworthy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=716&v=YneW7xksBHY
Rivers and Tides 2001

Fairtrade Pottery and Poetry at South Christchurch Library

Our Trade Aid exhibition has now transferred to South Christchurch Library at Beckenham. This is open until 14th June. We have added some new works.Please leave a comment in our visitor book.
 

Fairtrade Art Exhibition 2016

This year we extended our celebration of Fairtrade Fortnight and World Fairtrade Day to include a poetry competition.
The work was shown at Trade Aid Merivale , opening on 14th May - World Fair Trade Day , then transferred to South Library Beckenham eve of 24th May until 14th June.

Thanks to Gareth Davies-Jones for the music

Fairtrade Poetry Competition

The Power of One

Over the past month students from Heaton have participated in our Fair Trade Poetry competition, the theme of which was ‘The Power of One’.

Every person has the power to be an agent of change, every person can make a difference.

Art extension decided to organised this event as part of our commitment as a Fairtrade School to promote Fairtrade, not just at Heaton but in the wider community.

Heaton students were asked to write a poem, a song or a rap. The best entries were to be incorporated into art-works that would be on show at our annual art exhibition on World Fair Trade Day at Trade Aid, Merivale.

We would like to say a huge thank you to all who participated and especially to the to the teachers who supported this initiative. We were delighted to see such a large number of entries, although this did make selection very difficult.

Overall the standard was very high. All the entries have now been judged, on originality, creativity and relevance.

The winner of the poetry competition is Sera, room 2.

The runner up is Claude, room 2.

The winners of the Rap category are Grace, Kate and, room 19.

Special commendations go to

Charlotte Kelly 18, Isabella 18, Eva 18,Joey (Hull), Tess 18,Elena (Krauz)e, Sam 7,Theo 18, Abbey 18 Dawon 18 & Kate 18 .

Kate  - Kākano Mano Mahi Toi, Lottie  & Emily - The Competition team

I can make a difference.

I can change the world.

Out into the globe, that idea has been hurled

But let me tell you something

Just fly like a bird,

even with one voice,

opinions can be heard.

Some people say that nothing can be saved,

That we shouldn’t bother trying,

Just ‘cause we’re not enslaved,

But I don’t think that’s true,

Because it will affect us,

That means me and you.

Sera 

I am a buyer,

One drop in the ocean,

The Ocean of change.

One day the ocean was barely a trickle,

But now it fizzes and froths,

Like ten million voices

Shouting for justice and equality,

Not hardship or pain.

Claude 

Fairtrade Rap

Fairtrade is the way to go

So people get fairly paid, you know.

It doesn’t matter about your age, height, gender

You can make a difference , no need to surrender.

Stand up for the people who don’t have a voice,

We all have a choice.

The farmers need money, that ain’t funny.

People are dying, so let’s start buying.

GO FAIR TRADE

GO FAIR TRADE

Fair Trade is the way to go so people get fairly paid you know.

Fair Trade is the way to go

So people get fairly paid you know.

There are 7 billion people in the world

But one person can make a change

Kate, Grace and Riley 

Fairtrade Pottery and Poetry Exhibition 2016

This year we are delighted to celebrate Heaton Normal Intermediate

School’s sixth year as a Fairtrade School and Rangi Ruru Girls’

School’s first year as a Fairtrade School.

Both schools have made commitments to use Fairtrade Products in

their schools, to educate their students about Fairtrade and to promote

Fairtrade in the wider community.

This year our students ran a poetry and rap competition on the theme of

‘The Power of One’

Every person has the power to be an agent of change, every person can

make a difference.

A selection of some of the best entries have been incorporated into

ceramics and prints.

One reason for focusing on ceramics, was to illustrate the strength and

fragility of our world. Clay is formed from the very rocks and minerals

that make our Earth. Clay has been used by humans since Prehistoric

times and many Fair Trade producers use clay for their crafts as well as

in their daily lives.

Prints

Some of the poems are have been printed in Trade Aid Fair Trade

Coffee on Fine Art paper. (The printmaking papers are Hahn Lana Royal,

Fabriano and Tiepolo. These companies were founded in the 16th and

13th centuries in France and Italy.)

Tiles Students have produced tiles using Potters Clay White,

stoneware using:

Fair Trade food items e.g. coffee beans, cloves, rice and cocoa beans

   

Trade Aid craft products e.g. Indian wood block stamps; carved stone

chess pieces; jewelry; Kenyan wire and tin figures, butterflies and

hearts.

Text

Students researched Fairtrade principles and goals in Te Reo, Swahili,

English and Urdu e.g.:Education:Elimu –Swahili / Mātauranga-Te Reo

Colour

The tiles were decorated using the Trade Aid colours of Red Black and

White.

Porcelain Tile Light

Fairtrade items were pressed into super thin tiles of porcelain creating

translucent patterns. These were then attached to a frame on an

upcycled lamp.

Coffee Sack pots

Pieces of coffee sack were soaked in porcelain slip and formed into pot

shapes. The Jute coffee sack burns out in the firing process leaving the

texture of the fabric in porcelain.

Bowls and Plaque

Poems were printed into porcelain slabs. One was left as a plaque and

others were slump molded to form bowls. Additional imagery was

added using Fair Trade items.

Coffee Sacks

Each coffee sack is printed with information before being exported

which inform the readers about the contents of the sacks.

This may include any of the following; the type of coffee bean, Country

of origin, grade of bean, Fair Trade Labelling Organisation , Fairtrade,

the name of the Co-operative, destination, Trade Aid, a variety of

codes, etc.

We have added to this product information by printing poetry, words

and images that tell more of the wider story behind the coffee.

Principles and consequences such as justice, education, freedom, hope

and poems written by our students that remind us that we can all be

agents of change and make a difference.
  

Fiona Taylor

Visual Art Specialist

Heaton Normal Intermediate School

http://heatonschoolart.blogspot.co.nz/

How to become a Fair Trade School:-

http://www.fta.org.nz/fair-trade-schools.html