Creative skills on show as Speke Hall visitors contribute to huge artwork.VISITORS to historic Speke Hall Speke Hall is a wood-framed, Tudor house in Speke, Liverpool, England. Previous owners were the Norrises,[1] the Beauclerks[2] and the Watts.[3] History Construction of the current building began in 1490,[4] were invited to get their creative juices flowing and craft a huge piece of art work inspired by the house and its beautiful grounds. The theme for the 2009 Big Draw was "Something Special", with children and adults asked to create a picture or collage collage (kəläzh`, kō–) [Fr.,=pasting], technique in art consisting of cutting and pasting natural or manufactured materials to a painted or unpainted surface—hence, a work of art in this medium. of whatever they thought was special about the National Trust property. Among the ideas suggested for the artwork were a costumed guide, a rare bird, a woodland animal, a tree in autumnal colours, a tapestry tapestry, hand-woven fabric of plain weave made without shuttle or drawboy, the design of weft threads being threaded into the warp with fingers or a bobbin. or a carving. Staff and volunteers were on hand to help with art and collage techniques such as bark rubbing, and finger and leaf printing. Once the picture was complete, it was added to a massive drawing of Speke Hall, with natural materials gathered from the woodland and estate to create a collage of the grounds. The end result was a huge piece of artwork reflecting a wide variety of ideas on what it is that is "Special about Speke." CAPTION(S): Six-year-old Isobel, from Chester, puts pen to paper at Speke Hall |
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