Light Drawing
We transformed the gazebo in the playground into a reflective den. Linking up Amy’s camera with a TV the children picked a coloured torched and entered into the sensory space. The children could see themselves on the TV, and we asked them to jump up and down, swirl around and make patterns with their torches. As the photographs were taken the children could see the still images on the TV, and rushed to the screen to pick out their light patterns. Each class worked together to make some really beautiful light drawings.
Hanging Sculptures
Looking at the beautiful drawings from the previous workshop the children were asked to pick a coloured ribbon. Each child’s ribbon was a tall as they were and we had a huge range of reflective and shiny materials. The children were asked to create a hanging sculpture using their ribbon and the reflective materials. Every child created something totally unique and the sculptures looked wonderful.
Light Mural
We wanted to create something that each child had made a contribution to, but when put together created a large sculpture. We gave each child a hoop of wire, the children were then asked to shape the wire however they liked. We had tissue paper and cellophane in a huge range of colours, and asked the children to cover their wire shapes in the coloured paper. Each mini sculpture was a different shape, size and had so many pretty colours.
Exhibition
We transformed the hall into an exhibition of the work Reception children had made throughout the whole week. Attaching each one of the mini wire sculptures together we made a light mural, and hung it from the ceiling, lighting it from behind to make a beautiful hanging wall. We hung every ribbon sculpture from the ceiling creating clusters of shiny sculptures. The photographs from the light drawings were projected onto the wall behind the light mural. It looked beautiful, and we really pleased with all the children’s work and what they had achieved. We invited the parents and families to come and have a look at the exhibition, and join in making some of their own artwork from all the materials we had on offer. We had a wonderful response to the work the children had made from both parents and staff.
