Artist(s): Allie kay
Location: Glenhest National School
Title: 5 Days Around Glenhest
Medium: Publication
Date: 2007
Materials: photography,collage,textiles,batik
Dimensions: n/a
Description: The background to this art work was the series of workshops carried out at Cloodaf N.S. Glenhest in the autumn of 2007. The workshops were built around colour and, particularly, textures. After introducing the children to various techniques the artist then looked at the natural environment around the school and interpreted it through colour and texture studies and photography. A particular emphasis was placed on the close study of textured surfaces and upper classes took a series of photos using two digital cameras where they chose the subjects and how to shoot them. Each child eventually designed and made a small book into which they cut, shaped and collaged their images.\n
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When all the workshops were completed and all the data was collected, Allie Kay looked at ways of interpreting it into a format which both used the images and reflected the work made in the school. A book was therefore ideal as it allowed for a maximum input from the children’s’ work (photos) with her own photos of the wider area around the school and, opposite each, a personal response in a variety of media.\n
