Collage, Imagination and Dreamwork
Over the past fortnight, students have been working with collage and beginning a new mixed media project that brings together visual storytelling and introspection.
We were fortunate to welcome internationally recognised collage artist Naomi Azoulay into the classroom last week. Naomi, who is of Middle Eastern descent and based in West Auckland, led a hands-on collage workshop that invited students to create instinctively, cutting, ripping, and assembling without overthinking, to produce surreal compositions rich with texture and imagination.
Naomi brought warmth and energy to the space, and her visit left a real impression on the students. We’re grateful to her for sharing her process and her time with us.
This week, students are shifting from collage into painting. They’ve begun developing a piece that represents their inner world, starting with a papier-mâché mask attached to card to symbolise their thoughts. The next step: adding colour, tone, and expression through paint.
Watch this space.
Embroidery: First Patches Under Way
Embroidery students have started their own patches, from bagpipes and a cricket ball to a lime and a firefly.
Visual Art: Mosaics for Citizens of the World
Visual Art students are designing cultural mosaics on MDF surfboards or circles, starting with research, tool safety and concept sketches.
Embroidery: Designing Badges for Citizens of the World
Embroidery students are designing a badge or patch on the Citizens of the World theme, starting with the Bayeux Tapestry and three basic stitches.
Suncatchers From Recycled Cardboard
In the last week of Term 3, students turned cardboard boxes bound for recycling into suncatchers, from star mobiles and crowns to turtles.
Watercolour Painting Ahead of the College Expo
Students are working on individual watercolour pieces in the seminar room, choosing their best work for the College Expo on 18 September.
Tipping Point: Sorting Plastics for the Sculptures
Art students visited Tipping Point on 11 and 13 August to see how rubbish is sorted, and chose plastics to build into their 3D sculptures.
Visual Arts This Term: Sustainability
Every Visual Arts class at Lincoln Road is working on the theme of Sustainability, collecting plastic to build animals of the ocean, the rainforest and New Zealand native forests.
Geometric Art: One Triangle, a Whole System
Year 7 and 8 are studying the geometric sculptures of Gregor Kregar, who builds complex three-dimensional work from a single equilateral triangle.
A Term’s Work on the Walls
A term of drawing, painting and clay went on show at the Expo, from a striking dragon-eye painting to a table of ceramic pieces.
Creating Identity Agamographs in Visual Art
Year 7 and 8 students are building three-part agamographs combining self-portraits, names, and hobbies, folded to create a moving optical illusion.
