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CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS
also treated to an enlightening guest talk
through stop motion. Stop motion is
by the renowned Su昀昀olk-based visual and
an animated 昀椀lmmaking technique in
performance artist, Caroline Wright, who
which objects are physically moved in
o昀昀ered pupils a fun and fascinating insight
small increments between individually
into the world of animation with a bespoke
photographed frames, so that they
workshop in our design centre.
appear to move freely and smoothly when
the frames are all played back. Popular
After studying at Norwich University
stop motion 昀椀lms include Nightmare Before
College of the Arts and graduating with
Christmas, Wallace and Gromit, Fantastic
a MA in Fine Art, Caroline’s incredible
Mr. Fox and The LEGO Movie.
visual work has taken her across the
world; from the London 2012 Cultural
At the end of the academic year, the wider
Olympiad Festival and the Edinburgh
College community eagerly awaited the
Festival to Stanford University and
opportunity to see 昀椀rst-hand the creative
San Francisco. Some of Caroline’s key
outputs of our Year 13 and Year 11 pupils
works include ‘My Home is My Museum’,
studying both art and D&T. This year the
which examines domestic objects in
quality of work on display in the End of
performance, ‘Respond/Reply’, a
Year Exhibition did not disappoint. It was
research project into the relationships
clear from the range of wonderful pieces
between drawing and writing,
on display that each and every pupil had
and ‘Sawdust and Threads’, a project
worked incredibly hard across their years
which took deaccessioned museum
of study. They are all commended and
objects to explore materiality, value and
congratulated for their e昀昀orts.
hierarchy.
Art and D&T are key specialist subjects
Caroline’s current work explores the
taught throughout the school and a real
connections, entanglements and
source of creative exploration for our
relationships of eroded coastal material
younger children. Many of our Prep School
and the sea swimming body, where
pupils have produced some outstanding
sensation and bearing corporeal witness
work this year. In Years 4 and 5, lessons
to a disappearing coastline may articulate
are a mixture of art and Design &
understanding of change and adaptation.
Technology projects, allowing the children
to gain con昀椀dence in their creative abilities
Swapping from artist to teacher, Caroline
and explore the specialist facilities that
assigned groups of three pupils with
are new to them at the start of their Lower
a material to use, such as clay, fabric,
Prep journey. From Year 6, the subjects
pencils, or ballpoint pens, alongside a
are taught separately and allow the
chosen action, such as push, throw, fall
pupils to further enhance their subject
or squash, and they used cameras and
knowledge and hone their talents in both
box lighting to capture their animation
the art room and the D&T workshop.
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