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Trip to the National Maritime Museum and the River Thames

In preparation for our workshop the students took an explorative trip to River Thames and the surrounding areas. Whilst all the students have all walked along or over the River Thames, it is difficult to imagine them taking in the importance of the Thames both in past and present tense. We travelled from Camden to Bank station on the tube where we transfered the the Docklands light rail to Greenwich. The first part of trip required us to be on the south bank. On our arrival at Greenwich station we took a short walk to The London National Maritime Museum. The students and the teachers learnt lots of historical facts and information about The Thames. Three historical facts of interest: Did you know.....that at one time the River Thames was so wide that they would walk across it, there was never any need for the bridges that now charaterise the river. As more and more businesses and industries positioned themselves along the banks, the Thames has had to narrow causing the water height to increase. At one point the Thames was so packed with ships delivering goods from all round the world including aisa, africa and other suropean countries that one boat had to wait 6 months before it could dock and unload. What a traffic jam! If you walk along the northbank at low tide (currently 6am) you can collect pottery from upto 500 years ago and blackened slate from the 'Great Fire of London'.Some of the artefacts we used in our artwork are pottery pieces from the Northbank. The next part of out trip was catch the 'Thames Clipper' from Greenwich to Embankment allowing us to take in all the sights including: St Pauls Cathedral, The Tower of London as well as some of the more modern buildings such as The Gerkin and The Tate Modern. Whilst in the museam and on the boat trrp the students took lots of photo's giving us stimulus and ideas for the art project.

Our trip to the National Maritime Museum.

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The stimulus for the art work created during the workshop was based on Louise Nevelson.
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson (Born Leah Berliawsky on September 23rd,1899 in Russia). Nevelson was married to Charles Nevelson and had a child named Mygon.
Nevelson is know for her abstract expressionist "boxes" grouped together to form a new creation. In creating her artwork Nevelson used 'found' or 'everyday discovered' objects. One of her most impressive creations was three stories high. Nevelson stated "when you put together things that people have thrown away you really bring them to life" her creations were original and innovative in design.

Introduction:
The artwork we have produced is based on the transport in our city, London.
We have focused on four types of transport; rail, road, river and air.
Each group was given a variety of 'found' materials to create a scene based on their type of transport.
Trams;
The first generation of trams in London started in 1860 when a horse tramway began operating along Victoria street in Westminester. This first line was operated by some what eccentric American, George Francis Train.
The new tram companies all adopted the same standars gauge, with the intention of being able to link up services at later dates. Horse tram lines soon opened all over London, typically using two horses to pull a 60-person car. They proved popular as they were cheaper, smoother, roomier and safer than the competing Omnibus or Hackney carriages. They were replaced by electric vehicles from 1901 until the last were withdrawn during World War I.
Some trams still run, the Croyden trams are still running nowaday. They carry 22 million passengers a year over a 28km modern tramway system.
By Daisy

Steam Trains
Steam trains is a train powered my steam. The term usually refers to it's use on railways, but can also refer to a "road train" such as traction engine or steamroller.
Steam train dominated rail traction from the mid 19th century until the mid 20th sentury, after which they were supersered by diesel and electric trains.
As the development of steam engines progressed through the 1700s, vatious attempts were made to apply them to road and railway use. The first attemps remail in Great Britain; the earliest steam rail train was built in 1804 by Richard Trevithick and Andrew Vivian. They graduated into the modern trains used today.
By Florentina

The London Underground
the London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of greater London and neighboring areas of essex, Hertfordshire and system. Services began on 10 january 1836 on metropolitan railway.
Despite the name, about 55% of the network is above ground. It is commonly called the Underground on the tube from shape of the system's deep-bore tunnels.
By Morgan


During this workshop we all had to design and create a model using our own materials. The models we all built was based on Transport systems in London.
Our groups focus was rail transport, we created model trams, tubes, trains and steam trains.
By Ashley and Emma

Girls producing their addition to the final work.

Girls working on their contribution to the final piece of work - mode of travel, road.

Work in Progress - A Water Taxi

The Water Taxi

Can you guess what it is???? Work in progress - a London Tube

The Smash - work in progress.

The London Underground Tube Map

Using pottery found on the north bank to produce a mode of transport.

Pottery is used to design a mode of transport.

An old style Tram - although they still exist in some parts of England including Croydon, South London.

The completed 'Smash' a boat on the Thames.

Designing and creating modes of road transportation.

Working on a carbon free and health conscious method of travel - the bicycle.

Spraying the finished designs with white spray paint.

Exhibition

The year 9 students that participated in the art project are as follows:
Ashley
Kamran
Dina
Kyle
Stephanie
Shuhena
Zak
Emma
Fahmida
Mustafa
Liban
Louis
Morgan
Daisy
Leyshan
Florentina