Lantern workshop

During the first week of October a lady came into Holly Lodge to introuduce us to the Liverpool Lantern Company and to also design and make our own lanterns. She told us about the Liverpool Lantern Compan history and why it became so popular.

After the background information she bagan to show us how to make our own lanterns following the theme of creatures of the night(I decided on a bat) She also gave us some tips on helping children to make lanterns as we had a workshop with years 6's in the upcoming weeks.

we used the following equipment;
Withies, masking tape, pliars, tissue paper and pva glue.
Making my lantern took quite a while as I couldnt get the hang of making it strong at first, but once i got going and used the correct techniques I completed my lantern and added extra features to the face to make it look even more bat like!

Theatrical make up workshop

On 25th September Terry Dykes came to Holly Lodge to introduce us to theatrical make-up. He told us the cost of the items and how much money he gets in profit for them. We paired up and created cuts on each other. We used derma-wax, paint, sponges, vaseline fake blood and nails to put in the wax. I really enjoyed the theatrical make-up as it was something that I had never done before and I found it every interesting.

(PLTS)- During this workshop I was a creative thinker as i had to be as creative as possible to keep it looking realistic and different to the rest of the class.

A trip to Liverpool's China Town (15th September 2009)

On the September 15th we went on a trip to Liverpool's China town.

We have been looking at the Chinese culture so took a further insight by walking around china town. I took numerous photos of typical Chinese patterns and Chinese statues.

After a lot of photos we then visited a Chinese

restaurant (The Mayflower) Here we ate Chinese meals and were even given chopsticks even though we couldn't use them!

- (PLTS) During this trip to China Town I would

say that i was an 'Independent Enquirer' as I asked numerous questions about the town and I also imagined what Chinese culture would be in China itself.

About me

Hello, I'm Nicki Fitzpatrick and i am currently studying the creative art and media diploma (level 3) in Holly Lodge sixth form.

I will be using this blog as an e-portfolio to display my work.

enjoy :)