Art & Design Resource Pack - Madame Tussauds

Sculpture: Creating a Sculpture
Section Notes on Pupil Worksheets 3-4
These worksheets assist pupils in making a finished 3D sculpture. Pupils are
encouraged to think about choice of materials, texture and colour to ensure the
finished model is an accurate likeness of the item or character selected.
If pupils are modelling from a pliable material, they must be encouraged to mould
their sculpture (including arms and legs) out of a single piece of material.
Additional methods of modelling/sculpture can be offered for more able pupils,
dependant on available materials and tools. Alternative sculptures can be made in
3D form by using wire. Old coat hangers can be unbent and reformed into sculptures.
Chicken wire (which can be bought in various formats), can be used for sculpture
structure work and then papier-mâchéd over.
All wire work will require additional teacher help with cutting and bending the
materials into shape.
Completed classroom sculptures can be displayed, next to the item they were
modelled from, so other class members can compare work.
Extension Activities
Photographs of the sculptures can be displayed in the classroom or on the
school website (where applicable). This could be undertaken as part of an ICT
exercise using a digital camera.
Pupils can also be encouraged to work in small groups and evaluate each
other’s work, recording their findings and presenting their rationale to select
the sculpture that represents the truest likeness.
Additional Idea
Section Notes
Pupils can create a storyboard to demonstrate how they made their sculpture. They
can be encouraged to look at the Creating a Sculpture poster supplied with this
resource as stimulus and perhaps create their own poster to demonstrate their work.
Curriculum Links.
. ICT
. English
. Science
. Design & Technology
Learning Objectives
. To use a range of materials and processes
to investigate visual and tactile qualities
of materials and processes and to match
these to the purposes of their work
. To develop control of tools and techniques
. To explore colour, pattern and texture
Worksheet 4 – Colour in sculpture
. To compare ideas, methods and
approaches in their own and others’ work
. To adapt their work according to their
views and describe how it might
develop further
Curriculum Links
. English
Learning Objectives
. To explore a range of starting points for
practical work
. To record from experience, imagination
and first hand experience
Teacher Card Six www.madame-tussauds.co.uk/schools • The images shown depict wax figures created and owned by Madame Tussauds