Box Hill School - Art and Fashion Magazine

IN THE FRAME TURNING THE PAGES

BEHIND THE SEAMS:

STUNNING A* SKETCHBOOK EXAMPLE by

EL DIA DE MUERTOS

A-Level student Yasmin Locock

Fashion & Textiles students style their first EVER photoshoot with

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help from some local Primary Schools.

EERIE ARTWORK The dark artwork of ‘Interesting Characters’ achieves A* GCSE grades.

FASHION GETS FEATURED: See our article in SURREY LIFE Magazine!

THE AUTUMN HARVEST OF TALENT! SUCCESS AT IB LEVEL 7!! Celebrating the latest achievements in our latest #100% A* - C IBVA results.

PASSES ISC & F&T GCSE!

CONTENTS Page 1. Introduction ‘The Autumn Harvest of Talent’ Head of Art – Mike Coleman Pages 2-4. IB Cohort 2016 Success – Level 7 feature from Catherine Lawrey Page 5-6. Eerie Artwork, featuring

5 A* grades at GCSE Art. Page 7 Round Square McComish Art competition.

Pages 8-11. Behind the Seams – Head of Fashion & Textiles - Anna Burgess.

Page 12-13. Turning the Pages – Inside an A* A –Level sketch Book.

Pages 14-15. Art Events Page 16. Social Media Page 17. Work in Progress

Art & Design Department Publication

Autumn Issue

[Edition 1, Volume 1]

IN THE FRAME IN THE FRAME A very warm welcome to our new readership for this, the first of our quarterly publications entitled ‘IN THE FRAME’ We aim to document, display and celebrate the fabulous Art work produced by the pupils and students in the Art and Fashion departments at Box Hill School.

For a long time, there has been a genuine need for this publication, much of the work that our students produce is simply not seen, it resides in sketch books or gets buried in folders. Some of it is displayed at the end of the year for external moderation purposes, some of it is electronically uploaded for assessment but without the space or the time to comprehensively exhibit this work it is not seen. Of course ‘Image of the week’ remains very popular and we get global feedback from our website which is fabulous but sometimes there can be as many as five or six students who could potentially fill this slot and ultimately there are not enough weeks in the academic year to showcase it all.

In this first issue we will feature some of the splendid Art work produced by our students at IB, Advanced and GCSE level in both the Art and Fashion disciplines. Our examination results this year were excellent with 5 A* in GCSE Art, an ‘A’ at AS level in Fashion and for the first time a ‘7’ at higher level in IB Visual Art. Our international students also performed particularly well in their GCSE Art this year and Mr Wilmer is delighted with his ISC group who achieved 100% from A* to C.

We say congratulations to Mary Kidd who successfully gained entrance into St Martins school of Art, receiving an unconditional offer on the strength of her portfolio.

We congratulate Catherine

This publication, conceived by Anna Burgess whose

Lawrey for achieving that

limitless energy and enthusiasm has made this project a reality, will provide some much needed exposure for our

elusive ‘7’ which we were told

students and bring their achievements to the attention of a wider audience. Anna is in charge of Fashion and Textiles within the department and earlier this year she staged a very successful Catwalk for her students which was featured in Surrey Life Magazine. In the month of March, I hung this year’s IB Visual Art exhibition which contained some highly accomplished painting and drawing, accompanied by a catalogue and a well-attended PV. Special thanks to marketing for publicising this event and for making it a success.

could not be done and we say well done to Jake Bond, Annie Douse, Kayleigh Elias, Rubi Long and Dalila Legesse for achieving A* in GCSE Art. We also wish Yasmin Locock every success for the future after gaining an ‘A’ at AS level in Fashion and Textiles.

This is an exciting venture and we look forward to bringing you lots of visual material in the coming months from all year groups accompanied by reviews, comments and news items written by us and the students.

Mike Coleman Head of Art

CATHERINE LAWREY EXHIBITION WORK ACHIEVED LEVEL 7! IB VISUAL ARTS

Woven Sky 57 Ă— 52cm Acrylic on card This 3D paper sculpture piece ties into the 'Celtic Infinity', where the design is woven and held together. It also shows the contrast between clear and blurred, as the random blue and white patterns are sectioned by sharp divides in the guillotine weave. I also decided to pair the strong blue colour with copper details to develop the impact of contrast, and contrasting colours.

ABOVE WOVEN PAINTING LEFT SEVEN SISTERS MOLA ART PAINTING

IB VISUAL ART

2016 The Seven Sisters 84 Ă— 59cm Acrylic on card.

This piece is based on the works of Alma Nungarrayi Granites, an Aboriginal artist who keeps the traditional Dreaming stories of her culture alive through art. This tells the story of The Seven Sisters. They help a man who falls in love with them, but they run away because they are from different sections of their society and are forbidden from being together. This is represented through the divide that is seen across the painting, as well as the links between the sisters. To get away from the man, the seven sisters burn up into stars.

IB VISUAL ART

2016

Clockwise from top: Mary Kidd, Tatiana Spanger, Victoria Victoria Cézard, Cecilia Haack,

From left to right: Joanna Mauch ‘Tribal Instinct’, Irina Todorov ‘Beneath the Surface’ and Anna Flora-Orth ‘Drowning Girl’.

EERIE ARTWORK – A SELECTION OF GCSE AND A-LEVEL ART WORK WITH A HALLOWEEN FEEL.

THIS PAGE: Kayleigh Elias GCSE Exam Hair Studies (no. 1 – 4). Top center: Olivia Jones ‘The Death of Monroe’. Jia Xin Li (Jasmine) Lino Print Pigeon A-Level Art.

The externally set exam topics always throw up such interesting investigations in preparation for the 10-hour examination. Students often broaden their knowledge by completing in-depth studies and techniques practice in readiness for their exams like the pieces shown above. Often coloured pencils can be overlooked as a medium, but treated with the right care and attention, artists can achieve a wonderful depth and tonality of colour.

EERIE ART EXPLAINED: The following list of vocab can be used to describe eerie works of art – see if you can challenge yourself to come up with a description of the artworks featured below using the keywords below:

Depth, tone, complementary colours, brush strokes, mark making, stippling, tone, light, contrast, texture, vibrancy

Rubi Long Alice, Jake Bond Depp, Annie Douse Poppies, Dalilah Legesse The Spirit of Change (Bottom Right) All students achieved an exceptional A* in GCSE Art.

Brilliant brush strokes - COMPETITION ENTRIES THE ROUND SQUARE MCCOMISH ART COMPETITION

COMPETITION ENTRY ROUND SQUARE McComish Entry: “The Journey that makes us” Olivia Jones Year 13.

“Metamorphosis a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one” - an important stage in the ‘Journey that makes us’ Reflected in the eye of this woman is a butterfly on its metamorphic journey, emerging from its chrysalis, breaking free from the last of its bonds to enter the final stage of its life journey. The woman is crying as she reflects on her journey and how experiences have shaped her and those around her - and how she longs to break free of her final bonds in a metamorphosis on the journey that makes her who she is.

COMPETITION ENTRY ROUND SQUARE: Shea Salvi ‘The Journey that makes us’

The journey of our lives is displayed in our faces and held internally. This pencil drawing of a young girl invites the viewer to look behind her eyes to question the journey that has formed her. It is up to the viewer to decide and internally debate how the exposed internal scars on her eyes, cheek, nose and lips have been made on her journey, are they scars? Or are they reflections of her experiences and memories.

BEHIND THE SEAMS… Taking a look behind the scenes at the work produced in the Fashion & Textiles studio at Box Hill School.

It has been a real pleasure to work with our students at Box Hill School over the past year. I am always amazed by their creativity and sense of individuality which they bring to their coursework.

Having the opportunity for them to contribute to their own school magazine is a big step forwards in students taking ownership of the artist direction and sharing their work with an audience. As Mr Coleman mentions in his introduction, often such wonderful work gets swallowed up inside a volume of coursework and sketchbook preparation, leaving the final exhibition pieces take center stage. Behind the Seams is an opportunity to value the hard work in progress and students’ personal artist journeys, which are made across the duration of projects and often the course in its entirety.

For this first edition of our quarterly art magazine the Fashion & Textiles department takes a look at some examples of students, who for the first time – have taken on the challenge to style their first ever photo shoot, working with some local Primary Schools entitled ‘El Dia de Muertos’ [the Day of the Dead]. Read on…

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Cecelia SHI Heartbroken, Caleb Bond Calacas Waistcoat, Cosima Von Seefried

Dark Iris, Mary Kidd Drowning Dress

“Good last minute experience, I would do it again” JACK HOLMES

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reativity is not just about making something pretty that everyone will stand back and admire. Real artistic talent is about the experimentation, the process, the journey which students at Box Hill School go on every time they step inside the classroom. These pieces of artwork are the essence of expression, the display of their own interesting characters and in fact the ability to interpret a theme, brief or creative situation for learning, with their own sense of individuality.

GCSE FASHION & TEXTILES: & ART EXAM JAKE BOND

Exam

Changed, Grade A. Far right: Otto Dix inspired portrait highly resembles the Absolutely Fabulous Character ‘Patsy’ played by Joanna Lumley.

Rubi Long – Floral Kimono Garment of the Month.

I’m really happy my final piece was selected for garment of the month. I styled this shoot myself and planned the location and final hair and makeup based on my nature themed design. For the model’s makeup I tried to give an Autumnal feel, using dark berry lipstick and a copper eyeshadow, as this colour palette can be found outside at this time of the year.

Other considerations were to style Dalila in a burgundy wool top and black skirt to give a rich feel and reflect the colours in the head crown.

I liked the way to the sun came through the trees during the shoot. The atmosphere

BEHIND THE SEAMS… Taking a look behind the scenes at the work produced in the Fashion & Textiles studio at Box Hill School.

Ellie Lewen and Sevanna Godiksen model outfits by GCSE Fashion students. Photography by Jack Holmes and Quin Williams. The team worked together during this fashion activity to create a horror inspired, disheveled look by assembling pieces from the GCSE collection to create the final look.

Below: Cheeky smiles on the lawn… models Yasmin Bird and Annie Whitehouse have a few relaxed moments before striking their demure poses on stage. Garments by Rachael Davies & Talia Johnson.

Below left: Students Olivia Jones and model Venus Goodman prepare for the catwalk. It’s not all glitz and glamour as models and stylists often work for hours perfecting their art.

TURNING THE PAGES AN INSIDE LOOK AT A* AS- LEVEL FASHION SKETCHBOOK…

What does it take to achieve an A grade at A level? Former student Yasmin Locock, knows exactly how to prove to the examiners she was an A* Student. She explains her rational in the form of her final project essay: Into the Woods – The Woodland Floor by

Yasmin Locock I found my reference material whilst walking in the Surrey Hills during the Autumn and Winter months’ of 2015/2016. The damp but relatively mild winter had produced an abundance of fascinating Fungi; mosses and Lichens.

I couldn’t help but to be inspired by the colours, shapes, forms & textures.

Every time I walked into the woods, I discovered a new Fungi to photograph.

With the damp weather the trees were hanging with bright green mosses and silver lichens clinging to the bark. I started to develop textural samples using dry needle felting as an exploration of bark, moss and lichen.

Angie Lewin’s observational skill inspired me to look for the small details in nature. She would notice even the even the stripes on an insect’s egg! This made me think about how beautiful even the smallest details in her drawing could be.

She made me more aware of my environment and I started to produce detailed samples which I reflected in the observations of the minutia of nature.

Exploring dry needle felting from Thomas Horst was an enlightening process in my developmental stages. I initially started with dry needle felting, which was ideal for creating the fine, veined lines which can be seen in my final piece. I then moved onto wet felting, which I found gave me more of a fused and blended texture. Reflecting on my final piece, I feel pleased but also feel I could have done more to communicate my message. I could have developed my lattice felting ideas and focused more on a three-dimensional organic structure for my final shawl design. I am really interested in developing natural dyeing processes and also working further on advanced embroidery techniques.

THIS EXCITING SKETCH BOOK IS FULL OF SAMPLES AND DETAILED DESIGN

TURNING THE PAGES: EXEMPLARY

SKETCHES!

SKETCHBOOK WORK BY YASMIN LOCOCK

FASHION FRIGHT FEST… OPEN MORNING 7 TH OCT ‘16

FEEDER SCHOOL EVENT

EVENTS

The Tate Galleries Trip

The Knit and Stitch Show Trip

Sixth formers studying Art (at A-level and IB) had a successful trip to the two Tate galleries in London. Tate Modern was first up to see Georgia O’Keeffe’s retrospective. Students and teachers - were interested to discover that O’Keeffe didn’t only produce floral works, she was also a talented painter of skeletons and New Mexican landscapes, as well as New York cityscapes. The next port of call – literally – was Tate Britain; we took a boat from Bankside to Millbank although had to drop anchor at Westminster, so managed to squeeze in a ‘recce’ of Parliament Square en route. Our aspiring artists and designers enjoyed the informative layout of Tate Britain, navigating their way through rooms divided up into the relevant decades of the 20th century and featuring the very best British artists: Moore, Hepworth, Bacon and Hockney to name just a few. It was noted that 95% of students were asleep on the coach back to Box Hill, which could be proof of a successful day’s ‘catch’ on the choppy waters of the Thames!

Fashion & Textiles Students across Key Stages 3 & 4, went on a trip to the Knit & Stich Show at Alexandra Palace, London on Friday 7th October. There was some absolutely stunning textile pieces on display and the Artists spoke to the students first-hand about the process of designing and making their pieces. An array of exciting new materials and haberdashery, which many students took the opportunity to purchase for their current projects. We look forwards to seeing their final pieces in the next photoshoots and Fashion Show.

The Art department has decided to expand its brilliant showcase of’ image of the Week’ to encompass ‘Garment of the Month’ The current ‘Image of the week’ is mixed media composition by Jasmine Li who is one of our year 13 ‘A level Art’ students

Jasmine is exploring the theme of animals and all living creatures for her course work across a range of disciplines and materials. Her work is meticulous in every aspect and executed with the most exacting precision. In this image she has combined a fictitious Dragon from M.C. Escher with birds and butterflies using acrylic, ink and pen.

Also on display in reception this week is Garment Month - September Fashion & Textiles work by former student Yasmin Locock. This summer she earned an A* in her final exam. Well done to both girls!

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WORK IN PROGRESS:

Above: Xavier Blore creating his mixed media chess piece art. Right Celia Jocic.

IB Visual Arts Exhibition Spring: RIGHT: Marella De Nicolo ‘Psycho’

Mike Coleman Head of Art Anna Burgess Head of Fashion & Textiles Gabriel Wilmer – Teacher of Art Nicholas Maniero – Teacher of CDT & Art Elizabeth Mueller – Creative Arts Gapper

COMING SOON: MICHAEL SULLIVAN’S IB FILM ‘IDENTITY’ Title: Expression, media: Photography

BOX HILL SCHOOL, Mickleham, Dorking RH5 6EA

WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED OUR FIRST ISSUE, THANK YOU TO ALL STUDE NTS AND STAFF WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED.