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Clay with the Steiner School teachers

4/28/2013

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Last week I joined the staff meeting at the Rudolf Steiner School at Kuranda.  We spent two hours discussing and trying out a range of possibilities for using clay in the classroom.

Each teacher produced something sculptural, appropriate to the level of the students they teach. We looked at a range of approaches to hand building, and a lot of information about clay and what works and what doesn't work in the classroom.

They were a fantastic and creative bunch to work with and some of the sculptural results in our short session were fabulous.
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Easter workshop for Cairns Regional Gallery

4/28/2013

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With the support of Cairns Regional Gallery, I was able to run a children's Easter screen printing workshop.

We cut paper stencils with the help of some adult volunteers and printed onto calico bags.

The results looked great, and the kids were fantastic. It was a lot to pack into two hours, but everyone eventually went home with a super result.
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Glass Slumping at Kuranda

3/25/2013

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On Tuesday we Had a huge day at the Kuranda District State College glass slumping workshop.

22 enthusiastic participants worked steadily all day, with Students from grade 6, grade 12 and every grade in between attending.

We looked at a range of glass work that can be found in Kuranda, then produced experimental glass slump moulds in a variety of ways.

We produced so much that it will take a couple of weeks to get everything through the kiln - I hope to post some of the results here later.
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T-shirt printing

3/25/2013

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This week saw our final session with the class nine and ten group at Candlenut Steiner School.

The students now have a great understanding of photographic screen print, and some have managed the whole process themselves.

They were an enthusiastic bunch to work with and came up with some great results.

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Working with I.B. Art students at Cairns High School

3/18/2013

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Today I had the opportunity to work with students at Cairns State High School who are studying for an International Baccalaureate Diploma in Visual Art.

Students presented folios of their development work and talked about their concepts, themes, inspirations and intentions.

It was great to work with enthusiastic and talented young artists and to talk  with them about their work and future goals.
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Silkscreen Printing at Candlenut Steiner School

3/18/2013

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I'm part way through a series of workshops at Candlenut Rudolf Steiner School. Students are making multicolour T-shirt prints through combining hand cut paper stencils and photo-emulsion stencils. The students have worked excellently and we are beginning to see some great results.

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    Workshops 2013

     Watch this space: several workshops in the coming weeks to be posted here soon!

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