One of our children's mothers provided the impetus for our nursery sculpture project. She is the artistic director of the October Gallery, the first London gallery to exhibit contemporary art from around the world. She knew that we had an empty courtyard without any seating and thought it would be a great idea to involve the children in creating seat sculptures.
By working collaboratively with a group of five artists from different countries around the world, the 80 children aged three to five years were given the chance to understand what it means to be an artist.
They started by designing their own animal seats. The artists then produced drawings of the ten designs that were considered to be the most feasible as seat sculptures. Of those, the children picked their favourite six, and then the work on the sculptures could begin.
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