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year 8 Bas Relief self portraits 2015



Art in action , a selection of projects in progress.
(re do to better quality)

Year 8 Charcoal drawings 2015
After Rita Angus
"CASS"

SCAPE 'Banksy' Stencil Project with Sophie Pascoe

Christchurch City Council Big Printmaking Festival Exhibition 2014
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                 Faces of Fairtrade, Fairtrade Fortnight 2010, Christchurch Cathedral

Year 8 Fairtrade Coffee Paintings

_{‘Faces of Fairtrade’}

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 Heaton Normal Intermediate School believes that all pupils should learn about ‘Global Citizenship and Sustainability’. As part of this overall goal, the Year 8 inquiry topic for term 1 was ‘Fair Trade and Gobalisation’.

Our art students continued their investigation by looking at the importance of Fair Trade crafts in developing countries. They each selected a Fair Trade item from those on display in the art room. That item was then incorporated into a composition for a self-portrait painting.

Instant Fairtrade coffee was mixed in different concentrations and used as the painting medium. A variety of traditional watercolor techniques were employed, as well as a few the students invented themselves. The coffee produced glorious golden hues and, when used in concentration, a beautiful lustrous surface texture.

An added benefit from using this medium was the wonderful aroma that filled the classroom!

Congratulations! We are now the first Fairtrade School in Canterbury.

We received our certificate just in time be put up in our Fairtrade Art Exhibition in Christchurch Cathedral. Last term’s year 8 Art block painted self-portraits in Fairtrade Coffee. These became part of a Fairtrade display called ‘Faces of Fairtrade’ which has been on display during Fairtrade Fortnight. The exhibition was opened on Tuesday 4^th May. 10 pupils went to represent the school at the opening. This is their account.

“As we entered the Cathedral we were all so proud to see our paintings displayed under fabulous lighting. It seemed to make the paintings come to life and made the golden brown of the coffee glow. The Bishop of Christchurch opened the exhibition.  She said how wonderful our pictures looked and how passionate she was about Fairtrade. Next to the paintings was a table on which some of the Fairtrade craft objects that we had included in our pictures were displayed and a folder that explained where they were made and by whom. We were asked questions about the painting techniques we had used, why Fairtrade was important and what it meant to be a Fairtrade School. After the opening we helped serve Fairtrade Coffee and Hot Chocolate. There were also cakes and Brownies made with Fairtrade ingredients. Some visitors wrote in a special book that they found our work inspiring, this made us feel very special.”

Abby Bent and Sarah Warner