NUA Workshop

A series of four consecutive workshops modelled on an illustrative interpretation of Graham Wallas’ Four Stages of Creativity; preparation, incubation, illumination and verification. Each day will directly inform the next, holistically following the illustrative journey. ‘Preparation’ will see tools created from found objects, which will be used to create materials for the next day of ‘Incubation’ in which schoolchildren will be invited for a day of mask making. These masks will then be used in ‘Illumination’, a reflective, sculptural workshop focused on light, shape and composition. The workshop will culminate in a day of ‘Verification’, an exercise in editing, consolidating and curating the previous outcomes to produce a zine which showcases the work created during the series of workshops. Throughout the process, writers will be in situ to give the workshops a narrative voice.

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Film of the third workshop from our four day run! We had a lot of fun running these workshops, and we hope that if you were a part of them, you had fun too!

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Some of the final pieces from Preparation! Thank you to everyone you came along and took part! 

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This was the Preparation workshop in action! We had loads of fun experimenting with weird and wonderful found objects! We highly recommend the squeegee!

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We were really priveleged to have Ben Bell write us some text especially for us  to experiment with. After an initial experimenting with lights, materials and colour we were then able to look back at the text and respond to descriptions within the text of "prising open new universes, expanding stars" to create a universe/city scape

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Day 3: Illumination Had a great day today experimenting with light, abstraction and responding to text through new methods! Really great experiments from The Hewett School today

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Some more snap shots of today's trial run of the workshops

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Final workshop: Verification. Making layout spreads

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Masks inspired by Dr. Seuss's 'One fish, two fish'

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Plasticine fun! (Part 2 of Preparation)

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Testing our Preparation workshop ready for the degree show

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Splat…an interesting approach to texture making?

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Testing out our workshops today!

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Verification

A day of collating and curating all of the previous creations  & ideas into definitive individual zines full of abstracted imagery from each workshop outcome.

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Illumination

Using the masks and tools from Preparation & Incubation, a reflective process collates and explores ideas to create an illuminated sculptural outcome.

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Incubation

A day focused on nurturing ideas: schoolchildren are invited on a mask making expedition using materials created during the previous day.

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Preparation

Provided with a selection of found objects, participants create tools which create printed and textured materials - and also act as sculptural pieces.

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The latest from NUA Workshop (@NUAWorkshop). NUA Illustration course brings you Work. A series of 4 consecutive workshops running over the course of Degree Show. 2nd July- 5th July 2014. Norwich University Of The Arts

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