Pupils from Whitefield Schools and Centre have been working with artist Michelle Reader, using recycled materials to create the sorts of woodland creatures that might be inhabiting the churchyard. In the process, they've turned the space into a fantastic garden of magical beings. Picasso used children's toys in his recycled sculptures (look for the toy car in the baboon's head, right) and the Whitefield students have used equal amounts of ingenuity and charm in their creations. EcoART is an amazing example of the Art Trail's theme, 'Inhabit': they're so cleverly done and look so at home it's hard to imagine the churchyard without them.
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These sculptures are really cheerful and full of personality even though many are beings one has never seen before be it a green beaked owl or an alien monster. They also give a great message on recycling. The bright colours and character of the beings make one look more closely both at the beauty of the gravestones and at who was buried next to them. Congratulations to the Church to allow them there
These sculptures are really cheerful and full of personality even though many are beings one has never seen before be it a green beaked owl or an alien monster. They also give a great message on recycling. The bright colours and character of the beings make one look more closely both at the beauty of the gravestones and at who was buried next to them. Congratulations to the Church to allow them there
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