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Working with children |
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The finished work of Mrs Payme’s class on display in the classroom... |
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The following pictures are of the “Olympic Award Ceremony” that we had with the Brownies when they each received their completed Olympic Medal after being fired in the kiln. They were all so excited when they realised I was back with their finished medals and were thrilled to be taking home such great pieces of glass. Definately a fun evening for everyone including Brown Owl! |
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~ Brownies at Holy Trinity School, Halifax - June 2012 ~ |
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A group of nearly 30 Brownies were introduced to the fun of fused glass. They were each given a square of glass to decorate with chunky frits and stringers in the Olympic colours red, yellow, green, blue and black. They were given an overview of the glass fusing process and then they were off! |
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Here are all the decorated medals before they went into the kiln for firing. |
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What a great surprise!! One of the Olympic torch bearers came to visit the Brownies and yes, I did get to touch the torch!
And just a quick mention - look at the stunning stained glass windows behind us in the school hall. |
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~ Key Stage 1 Classes at St Mary’s Primary School, Halifax - May 2012 ~ |
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80 children across 3 classes were all introduced to the magic of glass fusing. The theme was the Diamond Jubilee so everything was in red, white and blue. Each child decorated their own piece of glass bunting with stringers, confetti and chunky frit. |
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The bunting in the kiln about to be fired. |
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The bunting in the kiln after firing. |
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If you would like me to come and work with your school or club, please contact me: Genevieve Thompson Tel 07929 724349 Email gen@wickedgencrafts.co.uk |
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Children are amazed by glass. It is a fascinating material for children as young as 5 to work with and the results give each child a great sense of achievement as well as astonishment at how the glass piece they have made has magically transformed during the firing process.
For each workshop, a theme will be need to be agreed in advance with the teacher eg Jubilee, Fish, Olympics etc. The workshop will be split into 2 session: the “making” session will be the main activity during which the children make their pieces; the “Wow” session takes place a couple of weeks later when I bring back the fired work.
At the “making” session the children are given an understanding of the products that they are going to be working with and will look, touch and discuss. They will also be given an overview of what will happen to the glass after they have decorated their piece. The children will be told the theme that they are working on, the shape of their piece of glass and the colours of the products for decorating. Each child will be given paper and pencils so that they can produce a design for their glass piece before they finally start decorating their piece of glass.
Once the work has been created by each child, it is taken away for firing in my kiln. When the items are returned, I bring them back in person at the “Wow” session and interactively talk through with the class what has happened by asking lots of questions and testing them on what they remember from the “making” session.
All the glass products that the children work with will be safe for them to use eg all edges of glass are ground, no fine powders are used, vaseline is used for a glue.
I typically work with groups of up to 30 children in one sitting and up to approx 3 classes can be fitted into a typical school day. The “making” session will take 1 hour, the “Wow” session will take 20 minutes.
If your school or childrens’ group are interested, please get in touch. |
