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Elephant under a Tower

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This lesson focuses on the bronze cast sculpture Elephant under a Tower by Andrew Burton. The lesson plan looks at how the work was made. It can be used to stimulate a sculpture project.

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Six women sculptors

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This interactive quiz provides students with the opportunity to explore elements of sculpture and some of their preferences in terms of art-making. They then access biographies with questions about each of the six women sculptors.

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Casting with plaster

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This lesson plan can be used to develop ideas and understanding of processes and materials and/or as part of study of any artist using casting in their work.

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David Smith

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This resource introduces students to the work of American sculptor David Smith and the key characteristics of his approach to making sculpture. The lesson plan asks students to discuss the concept of abstract art and to have a go at making a sculpture using assemblage processes. This lesson can be used to start a sculpture ...

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Antony Gormley: Angel of the North

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This lesson plan was inspired by The Angel of the North and the work of sculptor Antony Gormley. This lesson can be used by students to develop drawing skills and use of sketchbooks to develop ideas and/or to gain an understanding of the work of one of the most famous contemporary artists.

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Soft wax sculpture

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This lesson plan is inspired by the techniques that Edgar Degas used in his studio just over one hundred years ago. Find out how he made his sculptures and give your class the opportunity to work in exactly the same way as Degas by watching the videos and following the lesson plan which can be used to support study of any ...

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Casting sculpture into bronze

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Casting sculpture into bronze is a long and complicated process. How do you go from an object made by an artist in a soft material like clay or wax to a more permanent metal version? This lesson can be used to start a sculpture project, to foster an understanding of the link between discoveries made outside the arts, and ...

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Working with Clay: Pinch pots

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Via this sculpture workshop, the artist demonstrates how to make a clay pinch pot with a lid that is then decorated as a creature. This workshop is inspired by the large ceramic owl made by potter Robert Wallace Martin. The six films show the key stages of the clay pinch pot workshop.

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Henry Moore and Harlow

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This lesson plan was inspired by the work of sculptor Henry Moore and the commissioning of public sculpture for the new town of Harlow in the United Kingdom. This lesson can be used by students to develop drawing skills and use of sketchbooks to develop ideas, to produce creative work, exploring their ideas and/or to evaluate ...

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Clay sculpture for firing

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This lesson begins with a focus on artist Lorna Graves who made a number of animal sculptures in clay inspired by the landscape of Cumbria where she lived. This lesson plan can be used to start a sculpture project, to develop ideas and understanding of processes and materials and/or as part of study of any artist using ...

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Peter Laszlo Peri and Constructivism

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This lesson explores questions about the nature of Constructivism and what can we learn about it from the work of artist Peter Laszlo Peri? This lesson can be used to start a sculpture project, to develop drawing skills and use of sketchbooks to develop ideas, to gain an understanding of the routes of abstraction and/or ...

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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and abstraction

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What can we learn from one artist and his development towards abstraction? Gaudier-Brzeska became a very influential figure in 20th-century sculpture in England and France. Why was he so influential and what can we learn today from his artistic development? This lesson can be used to start a sculpture project, to develop ...

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Carving Clay

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How does sculptor Halima Cassell make her carved ceramic works? This lesson explores her work. It can be used to start a sculpture project, to foster an understanding of the link between discoveries made outside the arts, and artists’ practice and/or to practise the use of maquettes as preliminary studies for 3D work and ...

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Classical and Neoclassical

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Classical and Neoclassical. What does it all mean? This lesson can be used to start a sculpture project, to foster an understanding of the link between discoveries made outside the arts, and artists’ practice and to practise the use of maquettes as preliminary studies for 3D work and be aware of its similarities to the ...

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Clay sculpture on an armature

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Dora Gordine was a famous female sculptor of her time and made many portraits of famous and not so famous people in her studio in London. These were mostly modelled in clay on a wire armature, a technique that is still used by artists today. This lesson provides information about how they were made. The lesson plan can ...

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Sculpture - working with wire

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This resource revolves around a classroom workshop creating sculpture from wire led by artist Steve Follen. The eight one minute clips lead viewers through that process from the initial discussions to the final sculptures. This lesson plan can be used to start a sculpture project, to develop ideas and understanding of processes ...

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Direct Carving

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This lesson plan was inspired by the work of sculptors using the carving process in their work, including Dawn Rowland, Constantin Brancusi, Henry Moore, Henri Guardier-Brzeska and Barbara Hepworth. This lesson can be used to enhance drawing skills and use of sketchbooks to develop ideas, to produce creative work, exploring ...

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Sculpture: Working with found materials

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This lesson plan introduces the idea of making sculpture from natural materials found in the landscape around you. Firstly watch artist Heather Toulson demonstrate how to work with found materials at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and then put the ideas into practice.

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Balancing Sculptures

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This activity invites students to explore balance and stability by designing and building whimsical kinetic sculptures that tilt, slide, and suspend everyday objects and ordinary materials into surprising arrangements. Students explore stability, centres of gravity, balanced forces and symmetry through this hands-on, tactile ...

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Sculpture in wax

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This resource focuses on a sculpture workshop using wax that gets cast into bronze. The six films show the creation of a soft wax sculpture inspired by the bronze cast sculpture of Miro. The lesson can be used to start a sculpture project, to develop ideas and understanding of processes and materials and/or as part of study ...

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