Alba first drew out her design for a decanter and planned how to decorate it.

Alba first drew out her design for a decanter and planned how to decorate it.
Visit to museum/gallery (Silver of the Stars exhibition and collections in museum) to sketch ideas and collect stimulus.
Develop sketches into designs and notes.
Choose materials (papier mache, clay, modroc etc) that are suitable for the chosen design.
Children draw tea set/s (real and printed pictures from website of SotS collection and others).
Discuss similarities and differences of the tea sets, lookingat detail, shape, colour, weight and textures. Continue reading Tea set exploration and designing
Explore first hand a collection of vessels including cups, jugs, teapots etc.
Look at stories from the celebrities and think about your own response to this: Who would you have a cup of tea with, where would you be, what would you drink, what would you chat about? In pairs share your ideas.