Today I have run my first practical workshop at the museum. I had a small but enthusiastic group who made their own wire bird brooches. First of all I took them on a mini tour looking at birds in the museum collection. I talked about the start of my residency and looked at the way in which birds were represented – at the abstract forms and patterns spread throughout the museum. These vary from wood carvings from the Pacific to tiny jet carvings; finely painted china, prints in a Japanese book, inlaid mother of pearl on a gun, tin toys and of course the carved birds in Noah’s ark. The group then went of with their sketchbooks to have a closer look and after lunch developed their ideas into unique wire bird brooches. I will add these as a small slide show and hope you enjoy them.
lynneglazzard
Latest posts by lynneglazzard (see all)
- More rings - January 27, 2010
- Ugthorpe hoard - January 27, 2010
- Does it have to be precious? - January 22, 2010
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
This was so much fun, they were a great bunch of people and really got into the spirit of the thing, producing lovely sketches and brilliant bird brooches. As you can imagine I am relieved!
Wish I could come 🙂 Emma x