Jessica Exall's Illustrations

Art Club - Animal Heads

The students like working in 3D so I thought it would be fun to make paper mache monster/animal heads to put up around the School.

Firstly, we started with a ball of newspaper that we wrapped in masking tape and tin foil.

I tried to get the students to think about building up the face with small pieces of tin foil and newspaper balls.

When they were happy with the shape of their monster/animal head they wrapped it in masking tape and started paper macheing their sculpture.

Art Club- Totem pole toys

We had an old broom handle which we cut into small chunks and drilled small holes into the top. Next we glued small bits of wood dowling into the holes.

I showed the students work by illustrators who make designer toys, and gave them a small bit of sculpy each to sculpt around the wooden chunks.

Art Club- Wearable art

At work I run a small art club for the key stage 3 students. It’s been really good getting the boys thinking about art in different ways and getting them to think creatively about the materials they use.  In my work I recycle a lot of materials and will upcycle objects you wouldn’t think about painting on. I wanted to do projects that students could do at home if they wish, with materials they can find at home.

I thought it would be fun to make wearable art, so for a couple of weeks we all collected bottle lids. It’s amazing how much we collected in such a short time.

We got the students to paint on the lids, stuck brooch pins on the back and turned them into badges. It was great fun getting the students to think about working small.

My puppet for ‘space cat’ is my favourite so far. She was so much fun to make and the most tricky. Because i wanted her to be able to move freely, i made  several mock ups of her space suit.

New lapwing puppet... his name is  Bobby Peewit.