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Collage: Kenneth Halliwell
Collage is a visual art technique where the artwork is made by combining different forms, to create a new whole. Materials used can vary from newspaper, magazines and handmade paper to texts, photographs, and found objects. Collage is a versatile technique that can be incorporated into lessons to explore…
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Mark making on giant paper
In 2015, as part of the Arts Council England funded project ‘Putting the Wunder back into the Wunderkammer,’ Islington Museum worked with Samuel Rhodes Secondary School, artist Charlotte Young From Cubitt Education and the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art. Pupil explored Futurist drawings and paintings from the Estorick’s collection, focusing on the depiction of…
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Mail Art: printing stamps and image transfers
In 2015, as part of the Arts Council England funded project ‘Putting the Wunder back into the Wunderkammer,’ Islington Museum worked with Highbury Grove School, artist Carl Stevenson From All Change and the British Postal Museum and Archive (BPMA.) Students were inspired by the BPMA’s unique collection of mail art, historical letters and curious addresses, identifying elements…
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Wooden water pipe: art inspired by nature and water
In 2016 artist Sarah Pimenta worked with teacher Denise Quinn and Year 2 at Blessed Sacrament RC Primary School on the exhibition Imagine Islington. Wooden Water Pipe In 1613 Sir Hugh Myddleton opened his revolutionary New River, which brought much needed fresh water from Hertfordshire to Clerkenwell. Pipes then took…
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December: we remember
Using data from census records, war graves and war memorials we can begin to discover the names of those from the historic boroughs of Finsbury and Islington who died at Gallipoli. In December we remember the death of: 04/12/1915 Private John Clampitt Gloucestershire Regiment – 7th Service Battalion 11/12/1915 Temporary Sub-Lieutenant…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 13 December to 18 December
Date: 12. or 13.12.1915 Camp cleaned up during morning and at 1245 Battn fell in with Bdexxx? To NORTH PIER. At 1430 embarked on HMT ALAUNIA. Battn on duty all loading and unloading fatigue provided. 3 men to hospital. Date: 14.12.1915 Transport sailed at 1600. Routine parade and inspection during…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 6 December to 12 December
Date: 6.12.1915 Battalion paraded at 1000 for company training. Camp inspected by CO. 4 men to hospital. Date: 7.12.1915 All tents struck during reorganisation of Brigade Camp and repitched during afternoon. 3 men to hospital. Sundry fatigue parties furnished. Date: 8.12.1915 Routine parades and inspections, as before. Information received that…
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November: we remember
Using data from census records, war graves and war memorials we can begin to discover the names of those from the historic boroughs of Finsbury and Islington who died at Gallipoli. In November we remember the death of: 11/11/1915 Private Charles William Hathaway London Regiment – 1st (City of London) Battalion…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 29 November to 5 December
Location ANZAC BEACH Date: 29.11.1915 Hospital heavily shelled during morning. Sea still very rough but weather improving although bitterly cold. Owing to heavy Australian casualties, obliged to leave hospital and accommodated in tents in immediate neighbourhood. 1 man wounded and 3 men to hospital. Night quiet. Date: 30.11.1915 Fine day,…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 22 November to 28 November
Date: 22.11.1915 Very quiet day and night. Work day and night on trenches improvements. Patrol ran into digging party near 92Z5 and was heavily fired on by covering party and enemy on BULGAR BLUFF. It retired without incident. 10 men to hospital. Date: 23.11.1915 Uneventful day and night. Progress made…
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