Plastic Pollution
Sculpture workshops based on the book ‘Somebody swallowed Stanley’ by Sarah Roberts, illustrated by Hannah Peck; a powerful story about plastic pollution. Mistaken for a jellyfish, Stanley who has stripes and two handles (and is actually a carrier bag) is the taste of the sea! A whole school project with Years 1 – 6 pupils at Moorfield Primary School, Widnes - Jan 2020.
Together we created a wall relief with high relief details including the boy and a kite, jelly fish, sea gulls, turtles and lettering ‘Save our planet’ alongside a sculpture of the whale’s tail including barnacles and seaweed all from recycled plastic waste.
Dyslexia Awareness
Students at St Margaret's Church of England Academy worked with Faith over two days to create 'The Brain' - a giant head filled with a mass of words and figures depicting some of the issues those with dyslexia face. Forty secondary students of mixed year groups developed the piece using recycled materials.
Tackling Knife Crime
Formby High School invited me to produce a sculpture on the theme of reducing knife crime. Deputy Head Teacher, Kerry Blanchard, states: “We believe raising awareness is hugely important, with teenagers, who we would like to be involved In the project”. - I visited the school for a half day research and design session with the students, including a mixture of Year 8 and 9 ‘Respect Champions’ (peer mentors) and some Year 10 art students.
Following drawing and discussions, we made a maquette with newspaper and brown parcel tape, to work out the design and elements we wanted to include. I spent another two days at Formby High to lead students on creating a freestanding high relief sculpture, approx 150cm high, using recycled paper materials - featuring hands with sharp fingers like knives, shackles as reference to prison and a heart with dripping bloody tears, all contained within a headstone shape. Completed 2019.
Looking To The Future
A cluster of five Skelmersdale primary schools, including a special school got together to work on a project focussing on children's aspirations. Over 6 days the year 4 gifted and talented students created their own individual sculptures and worked on a group piece which brought all their ideas together. The images show the students take on what 'superpower' they would like to possess and the final group work which was proudly displayed in Skelmersdale Library!
