Spirited Arts - Summer 2020
This year has been a very different year! Some children worked independently on their Spirited Arts project as part of their home learning whilst others collaborated in their school bubble. Different themes were chosen but everyone thought very hard indeed. We hope you enjoy our work and that it makes you think hard as well.
Where is God?
Connected
I chose to do this picture as my Spirited Arts because I believe in God as a spirit in the shape of a human. I think God created us with a small object which powers our whole bodies and that object is the heart. I also think that the heart is a symbol to show that he is always with us through our bodies and that we are always connected with him. I believe it is not only humans that have the same connection with the spirit but all the living things on earth.
I put the background as it is because it is to show that God’s spirit is always there all over the world as long as the people and every living thing exists. I put the humans and animals in black because I believe that without the heart we are lost. I also put the spirit of God in shining blue because I think he is unique and that blue is the colour of the sky and sea which some people say in the Bible that God is. We cannot see God but some people might feel his presence with them.
I was inspired by the quotes, “You don’t look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.” (Alan Watts) and “God’s love is like the sea; you can see it’s beginning, but not it’s end.” (Rick Warren). God always tells us that we are all connected and he will watch over us no matter what. This makes me think ask the question, “How does he watch over everyone in the world at the same time?”
Abbie, age 11
God’s Good Earth?
Everyone’s Earth
The title I chose is “Everyone’s Earth” because I wanted to show that the Earth belongs to people, animals and God. I’ve tried to show my thoughts by representing these three in the base supporting the Earth. The Bible represents the word of God, the hand represents people and the paw represents animals and nature. I tried to show the Earth is beautiful but is spoiled by rubbish. Only one of the three partners has caused this, the human hand, and the others have to live with it.
When you first look at the sculpture you see the rubbish. I hope people will also notice that the inside is painted green to look like plants and growth and is full of flowers. The light inside is God’s way to help show us that the hidden beauty of the Earth is always there if you look for it. This sculpture is about the consequences of human behaviour. What I like best about my sculpture is how it is both beautiful and very sad. I like this theme because it reminds us of our responsibilities to look after this Earth as we have to share it with nature.
To make the sculpture, I built the hand and paw out of papier-mâché, the Bible was made out of cardboard, and the Earth was made by painting a papier-mâché globe beach ball which I then popped by cutting the circular hole and removed it. Then I painted the outside with blue, green and white paint, and painted the inside green and stuck in my own hand-made paper flowers. Finally, I added painted rubbish on to the outside of the Earth and put a light inside.
Lizzie, age 10
This Fragile World
The title I chose is “This Fragile World” because you can see the Earth from one angle but, if you turn away from it, it’s broken up and the only way we can bring it back is by undoing what we’ve done. I’ve also tried to show my thoughts by representing the Earth as a fragile card tower that could fall down at any moment.
In my sculpture you can see that every card has an animal, a bird, a tree or a plant representing Earth’s wonderful nature.
What I like best about my work is the way that when you look in the right direction you can see the Earth floating around in space.
I hope people will notice all the little stars scattered around space.
I like the theme I’ve been working on because it represents how the world belongs to nature and people but we have to look after it or it could disappear.
To make the sculpture, I first made a practise template to guide the real model. I painted cards black and blue in the right places and then I drew lots of animals, plants and trees on the spaces of the cards that were white. Then I stuck on some small gems for the stars in space and glued it all together into a tower. Then I painted on green blobs to make it look like countries and a small white blob at the bottom to look like Antarctica. Then I wrote, “This Fragile World” on a small piece of cardboard in bubble writing and coloured it in blue and green, and stuck some small stars on it and then stuck that on as the title.
Clara, age 7
