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28/05/2025
- 30/05/2025

May Half-Term: Material Connections

Short-Courses for Children Aged 6 – 11

Warwick Preparatory School, Banbury Road, Warwick, CV34 6PL

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May Half-Term: Material Connections
Wednesday 28th – Friday 30th May 2025, 10 am – 4 pm

The big, beautiful “messy one” — we did it!
We stomped in clay, barefoot and smiling. The children had the chance to be spontaneous and free, embracing the unexpected with open hearts. We completely transformed the space using fabric, large-scale paintings, and some wonderfully inventive tools. At the end of the course, one child said, “I don’t want this to end!” — and neither do we.

“Phoebe had such a great time, she was so excited to go every morning. She loved the freedom to be creative and messy and felt very encouraged and supported my Lauren and Abi. The exhibition at the end was so lovely, it was wonderful to see all the children expressing themselves through art and they all seemed so proud of themselves which was the best bit.” – Charlotte Summers, parent

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Gallery

A clay face inspired by the indigenous paintings.

Using a drill to take apart the brick moulds.

Using a drill to take apart the brick moulds. Freddie

The space filling up with creativity.

Seeing what clay can do!

Reflection on their time during the course.

Reflecting on their time during the course via drawings, words and conversation.

Pouring their charcoal paint into a large pan ready to paint large scale.

Our large paint brushes being used to mark make.

Our exhibition ready to welcome the grown ups!

Our dyed fabric sewn together to transform the space.

Our 'Weave of Wisdom'; waiting for the grown ups to weave more wisdom to the frame.

Inventive tool making.

Inventive tool making based on the idea of it either being useful or useless.

Indigenous mark making with our large painting tools.

Grinding up leaves to create a pigment for fabric.

Grinding charcoal to make a paste for our large scale paintings

Collecting different flowers and leaves to hammer onto fabrics.

Cob brick stomps!

Cob brick making

Cob brick making

Children dying fabric and writing up their artist statements for their individual works.

Arlo making a weaving framework out of bamboo.

A series of prompts inspired by indiginous drawings influenced the marks they made on the paper.

A series of prompts inspired by indigenous drawings influenced the marks they made on the paper.

A little rest between the cob brick making.

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