Selby College Workshop 21/10/09

It's been nearly a month since my last up date.
A fortnight after my visit to Selby College I returned to compete the project with the students. During the fortnight the students had had time to work on their designs, working up drawings and deciding how they were going to tackle their sphere.

A visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park to see the exhibition of Peter Randall Page's work had helped inform their designs.


No budding young sculptor should been seen out without her French Manicure ;-)

Group 1 (am)

Group 2 (pm)
I thought the students did a fantastic job and was really pleased with their results. This was the first time any of them had worked in this way. They embraced the challenge and I think the results speak for themselves. These students are aged 16-17 in the main. I couldn't help wonder how I would have approached the project at their age.

Selby College Workshop 7/10/09

A workshop for 1st year diploma students at Selby College.
Students started to carve a sphere from a block of polystyrene. Next week they will work into their spheres creating pod/seed inspired forms. Once completed the 19 pieces will be joined together to create an endless column.

This is the first time the students have tried carving.

Working with a variety of tools they formed their spheres.



One of the pieces at the end of day 1.... an excellent result.