Peterbrook Primary School's Years 5, 3, 2 and 1 and I used the C20th artist Matisse as their inspiration for their 2015 Summer Arts Week. . We choose Matisse’s cut out period as the inspiration to create collaborative group felt wall hangings.
Each year group worked to recreate one of the following Matisse work; The Snail, The Composition Les Velours, Les Figures and Polinesa The Sky. Individuals in each group worked on different sections of their wall hanging, emulating Matisse’s cut out method of working, using pre-felt instead of paper. The elements of leaves, shapes, figures and birds were cut out of the pre-felted wool by the children, with the aid of templates, and then arranged on colour blocks of prefelt.
Throughout the sessions each group learnt about the artist Henri Matisse, his work, the processes he used and discussed the period in which he lived comparing it to today. Everyone also learnt about the materials they were using and how the process worked to create a fully felted finished piece.
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