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Barbara Hepworth (II)

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Meet the Artists Sculptors

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Objectives

Art and Design

  • Develop techniques, including control and use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design.
  • Improve mastery of sculpture techniques with a range of materials.
  • Learn about great artists in history.

Lesson Planning

Try some new sculpting techniques like those used by Hepworth. Reflect back on your own ideas and create your sculpture using Hepworth’s style and technique as an influence.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To explore the sculpture of Barbara Hepworth.
  • To interpret a landscape into two abstract sculptures.
  • To compare clay and soap as mediums for sculpture.

Children will:

  • Identify concrete and abstract sculptures.
  • Practise sculpting techniques with soap and clay.
  • Create soap and clay sculptures using Hepworth’s style and techniques and approaches as an influence.

You Will Need

  • Soap
  • Sculpting tools
  • Terracotta clay

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