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.
Students select a celebrity and silversmith pairing to research individually, in pairs or as a co operative learning team.
Read the story, watch the film about the silversmith, see the designs and final products associated with these two people.
On our visit to the Silver of the stars collection pupils were unable to touch the pieces but I enabled individuals to communicate preferences by laying cardboard silver stars on the table beside their favourites. We also took silver foil to shape and hold, thus keeping everyone’s hands busy!
Close observational drawings
Talking and describing to a partner
Word bank of descriptive words generated by pupils (‘wow words’)
Poetry writing as response, shared with partner and then with someone else who chose same object/s.
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