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Searching Through the Past
This week sees the culmination of the courses of several different groups of children.
Click here for: Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4
Group Three: By Kayleigh Rousell and Esther Clifford.
The Foundry was in full spin when we arrived. Steve found us straight away and talked us through the archaeological detectives’ team. Dana was taking this team through the course.
Archaeological detectives study artifacts and designs from the past e.g. Egyptian times, and use techniques and patterns to make and decorate their very own pots and coins made in previous courses.
The first job Dana got the group of children to do was drawings. These sketches represented things from working with materials such as metals, clay and natural substances like herbs and spices. Pots, coins and pot-pourer were made with all these assets.
While these illustrations were taking place, Dana was showing some others members of her team some rocks and metals under a microscope. Dana was showing them how minerals or metals age over time when buried deep within the earth.
The operation for the young archaeological detectives has been running for around six weeks. The course proves to be enjoyable and the children are enthusiastic about the drawing and designing.
Two keen archaeological detectives are Jonathan Rigby and Robert Pennington. The boys are passionate about history and are considering taking archaeological working for a future career; therefore, this course was a great opportunity to study artifacts.
Dana, the Tutor, arrived just in time for some questioning. She has travelled to many countries including Egypt as one of her main projects. She had trained to be a conservator twenty years ago but has only been in the educational field for ten years.
Dana has also worked in the Museum of London for ten years and really liked working there because she could teach people about how history and art are linked together.
The band of children had already started to flatten sand for sand and metal moulding. Once the sand was flat and smooth they started to make designs with sticks, shells and other materials. Dana was getting ready to melt the metal.
The fire was around 400°C. The Foundry became deafening!
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