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| MINING HERITAGE PROJECT - JUNE 2004 |
BANNERMAKING GALLERY
The children of Parkside
Infant School
design and paint their
"Banner for Today".
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| At first
there was nothing. Just the idea of a
"Banner for Today". The children worked with the artists, Barry and Jon and with Mrs Harwood their Head Teacher and produced ideas on paper. |
Next
there were two canvasses to prepare for the
front and back of the banner. The canvasses were painted white to begin with. |
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| Everybody
helped. It was a big job for such small
people but they worked and worked. |
Then
it began. Guided by the artists the children
began to paint the borders of the canvas with items which they had decided on. |
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| Some
children painted butterfies. The worked with
great concentration. Mistakes would not be very easily corrected. |
Barry
and Jon supervised the work carefully and the
children became better and better as they completed more and more of the work. |
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| As the work progressed
the professional touch of
the artists was needed for the complex design of the main areas of the banner. Artists and children worked closely as a team. |
And
then, the banner canvasses were nearly finished.
It had taken a long time but it was looking good. |
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| The butterflies
were nearly finished on one side of
the banner. They had been painted with loving care. |
On
the other side of the banner the hands hand been
painted with equal care. |
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| The artists checked
the childrens work at every
stage, guiding and demonstrating the best way to do everything. |
Until
finally, the childrens' work was completed and
the canvasses would be taken away to be finished by the artists and then to be stitched to form a very impressive "Banner for Today". |