Glimpse of Asia

The 'Glimpse of Asia' event took place at the Museum of Childhood with lots of music, dancing, food and activities. 

The boat workshop went well with lots of people making the models. It was good fun and great that many wanted to take their boats home, although sad that we didn't manage to capture them all together as one giant fleet!

Work for the show

'Offering'. Copper Foil.

'Seeking Perfection'. Gilded Copper Foil.

'15%'. Handmade Indian Paper (from The Gandhi Ashram Paper Mill).

Work in Progress

Inspiration from the flower garlands in Bangladesh, the decoration on the rickshaws, the repetition and pattern in the textiles at the Calico Museum, the decorated surface of the houses in the Pols, the metal foil makers, the.....the.....

Sketching and testing ideas 

 Paper models

More Ideas (Panels)

CAD paper models and scored and folded tests in copper foil.

More Sketch Ideas (Garlands)

Paper models (Garlands)

Redlands School, Tower Hamlets

Together, over a 3 day period (24th, 25th & 26th), the artists involved in the project and Teresa Hare Duke from the V&A Museum of Childhood delivered a series of workshops at Redlands School in Tower Hamlets. These were part of a much wider community programme organised by Teresa which included work with The Central Foundation School in Mile End.

Redlands school has an amazing, large and well resourced art room, thanks to the teacher Helen Kelly.

Tarun, Tapan and Lokesh had been busy with workshops both whilst at the Harley Gallery and during their stay in London.

The workshops with the school explored rickshaw art and block printing. The children saw images of the rickshaws we had seen in Bangladesh as inspiration

samples of Tapans painting

and examples of rickshaw components.

Simple shapes like those seen on the back of rickshaws had been cut from metal foil and primed.

The children drew out their designs on paper, then transfered them to the metal foil using acrylics.

With Lokesh the children used traditional wood blocks from India to print designs onto paper (cards and wrapping paper)

and fabric (Muslin).

We showed the children images of the Block printers at New Market in Dhaka. To my amazement a large number of the 9-11 yr olds in the workshops had been to Bangladesh and recognised where it was.