Nest designs: Art work inspired by Nature.

Nature and the environment is often the inspiration for a range of lessons in my classes. Students in Level 3/4 looked at some amazing nests both man made art works and real nests made by a range of creatures. I asked them to create a nest from terra cotta clay using some ideas they had seen. We bisque fired them.....still thinking of the next stage (colour? glaze?) but they are lovely just as they are!

In the kiln....

More cocoons....Level 3/4

Our older students were interested in the cocoons made by the junior grades. After looking at a variety of found cocoons and images of some really funky ones from the internet, they collected a range of materials from outside as a starting point to make their own. They started by wrapping wadding or wool onto their chosen stick.

They added the natural materials collected from our school gardens borrowing some ideas from nature.

After designing, cutting, gluing, organising etc. they all agreed that nature's designs are amazing!!!!