Jan 23, 2017
from 2d to 3d - GCSE development and media workshops 2016
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from 2d to 3d - GCSE development and media workshops 2016
L6IB coursework
Painting 2016-17
GCSE Body Casts begin!
Our project direction this term has been that of anatomy and natural forms. Year Ten have been working in a variety of scales and media ranging from A1 ink wash skulls to mono print and henna decorated double self portraits, to mention but a few. We are now launching into three dimensions and designs have been made for mod roc body casts that are to be embellished with decoration linked to (through personal choice) Egyptian motifs, da Vinci ribcages or William Morris creeping vines. These pictures show the excitement of the lesson, hopefully showing how the group enthusiastically entered the session - racing in raring to go on a Tuesday morning! I will post images once these challenging, individual pieces are complete.
2017 Whole School Art Exhibition - The Elements
Whole School Art Exhibition 2017 - THE ELEMENTS
The show this year led to a beautiful mixture of submissions from the characteristic spread of 4 to 18 year old Ardingly students. Displaying Reception age artworks alongside Upper Sixth always fills me with joy, and this year was no exception. The theme allowed artists to choose from fire, water, earth or air as a starting point - with many also addressing the combination of all four. Volcanoes, rainbow rain storms, moss covered portraits and ornithalogical hanging mobiles were amongst the pieces on show. The evening private view was a busy affair on Monday 13th November with parents, staff, students and friends admiring the lively, bright display. The work will remain up until the end of the month with collection required on Monday 4th December.
There will be Senior prize winners within each year group this year (awarded at the end of term by the Headmaster) and many more prizes distributed to the enthusiastic, imaginative Prep school students within their own assembly. It is agreed that the stand out overall winner of the show this year is Luc West of Year 8, with his amazing 3d environmental destruction sculptures taking centre stage in the galleries. Congratulations to everyone who got involved - you've done yourselves proud yet again!
Claire Grover - Head of Art, Senior
GCSE Art students took their annual trip to two carefully selected London galleries on the 6th October, visiting the vast Victoria and Albert Museum and then the contrasting Saatchi. All were guided toward investigating anatomical, natural and decorative details within the V&A, sketching first hand from carvings, sculptures and textiles. The bright, challenging pieces in the Iconoclasts show at the Saatchi inspired the students with more contemporary, current artists such as Maurizio Anzeri's beautiful stitched portraits. Both Remove and Fifth Year alike have built their art knowledge and references, tying the work they saw into their personal, practical portfolios of work really successfully.
Amazing GCSE results!
Our most splendid group of gcse results came through yesterday. A hard earned 100% of A and A* grades from the most stunning cohort of students. I am so proud of us all! The work was outstanding and I am so happy the talent, time and effort was recognised. These grades are tough to come by, but we did it!