On 9th November we ran a great workshop with a Year 5 class at Loughborough Primary School in order to get more artwork and ideas for our Lamp-post banners. We looked at key moments in local history and discussed what the pupils love about where they live.
We also looked at the West African traditional printing method for making Andikra cloths and patterns. The students created their own printing stamps and made prints based around symbols that represented local history or the things they loved about the area.
Prints of palm trees and home relating to the arrival of the first Carribbean settlers in the area in 1948
Prints of: a cricket bat relating to when Kings College Hospital was a cricket ground, and a horse-shoe because the pupil loves the Ebony Horse Club
We had a fantastic day and got some awesome artwork and ideas!
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