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Prior to the pottery session, the children worked on a drawing project about the Seasons. Various images from these drawings were photocopied, cut out and collaged together to form a design panel. The collaged picture was then gridded in to squares and cut up for the children to copy on to clay.
Over the course of two days Maggie worked with over two hundred children, from Reception to Year 2 pupils, to construct all the tiles needed for the project. The tiles were left to dry out slowly for about two weeks and then fired to 1000 degrees in an electric kiln. Using the colours from the original drawings, Maggie was able to recreated the colour scheme in stoneware glazes. The tiles were then fired a second time to 1260 degrees to fuse the glaze on to the clay.
Finally the tiles were fixed to the school wall. The finished piece of art work was water proof and frost proof and the colours are durable and will not fade.
Finally the tiles were fixed to the school wall. The finished piece of art work was water proof and frost proof and the colours are durable and will not fade.
All Saints Primary School Children with their Tile Panel