"Vagrants, Stragglers and the Unloved" at the Suter

Room 13 had an interesting experience at the Suter Art Gallery on Monday. We went to view the exhibition and installation of unusual and appealing art works by Bing Dawe. The artist had created sculptures, weavings and paintings depicting animals that were not thought of as being particularly desirable or attractive in previous years when he was a child. We saw eels, shags, hares, Canada geese and other migratory birds. After viewing the beautifully displayed works of art we split into small groups to discuss BIRDS - what we think are good points about birds, and what we think are bad points about birds.



With the artist's creations in our minds we moved outdoors in front of the Suter Gallery and Esther taught us how to make our own bird creations with clay. We learned much about how to work with clay and we made some really interesting birds.
Everyone is fully involved.

Torfun shows us her bird.

The birds are going to be 'fired' in Esther's home kiln. After that our creative works will be on display in Room 13!