Tony showed a tree shape that he had bound with strips of printed fabric and explained that the shape symbolised one of his own beliefs - a belief in both growth and development.

This was followed by a demonstration of how the 3 dimensional shape of this mumified symbol was created by using cardboard, newspaper and masking tape.

Tony then asked them to review their list of 7 beliefs (written on the introduction day), select one that best represented themselves and then start to create their own mummified symbol of it.

The pupils started making their shapes.

Below: "Early 21st Century Alien - I believe that there are other beings on other planets"

Pupils were also shown how to mono-print directly onto fabric using sheets of acetate and plastic. These printed pieces, when dry, would be torn into strips and soaked in PVA ready to be wrapped around their padded carboard shape.

Once completed each item was labelled in the same way as the items in the handling collection had been carefully itemised and recorded. Pupils wrote what the object was thought to represent and dated it from the late 20th to early 21st Century.
Here are a selection.