HI, I'M NATALIE.
I am a teacher, artist and maker.
MY BIO
I am a maker, artist and teacher who works across a wide range of creative disciplines and mixed media.
My current work explores print (screen and lino), ceramics (hand building) and textiles (construction, surface design and textile art).
I teach ceramics at an art gallery in Bromley to both adults and children and am a casual art & craft tutor for Medway Adult Education.
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My kids craft sessions currently run via Zoom and focus on scrap modelling and creating from items you'd find in the recycling.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
CASUAL TUTOR ARTS & CRAFT, MEDWAY ADULT EDUCATION
09/2019 - Present
As a tutor I devise, plan and teach a range of Art & Craft courses aimed at adults including block making, print making, applique & free machine embroidery.Â
I also plan and deliver a range of craft and community arts projects aimed at children, families and adults to engage a wider audience in creative practices. These have included junk modelling, paper and card crafts, textiles and participatory projects.
GALLERY SEVENTEEN, CERAMICS TUTOR
12/18 - Present
As a tutor I focus on hand building techniques, kiln craft & glazing techniques to introduce learners to a wide range of ceramics based practice. Learners set their own projects and are supported through the process to achieve their individual aims.
TEACHER OFÂ ART, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY, SECONDARY
07/04 - 08/18
I have a wide variety of experience teaching KS2 - KS5 students. I have been a Head of Department and Senior Training Mentor as well as a faculty creative lead. I have worked in four secondary schools across London and the South East as well as a variety of Primary schools providing Art & STEM links.
AREAS & DISCIPLINES
I work across a range of creative disciplines to provide workshops and classes as well as mixing them up in my own artistic practice.
CERAMICS
PRINT MAKING
TEXTILES
PAPER & CARDBOARD
BLOCK MAKING
COMMUNITY ARTS
WORKSHOPS & OUTCOMES
Adult
Being a lifelong learner is a trait that is really important to me, and I know that an inquisitive mind and love of learning is something that we should all nurture into adulthood.
COMMUNITY ARTS - PLACE OF WELCOME,
Craft activities funded by Medway Council & Medway Adult Education to engage potentially vulnerable members of the community in craft based activities.
Ongoing via Zoom
COMMUNITY ARTS - CRAFTS VIA ZOOM
Paper and card based craft activities for adults via zoom. Funded by Medway Adult Education.
April 2020 - Present
CERAMICS - HANDBUILDING
Sue Clark Ceramic at Gallery Seventeen Beckenham. Hand building techniques for beginners and advanced learners. Kiln craft, glazing techniques and experimentation.
January 2018 - Present
FREE MACHINE EMBROIDERY AND APPLIQUE.
Medway Adult Education. Explore free machine embroidery techniques, applique and surface design to create unique items and pieces of art.
March 2020
EVERY MIND MATTERS - SENTIMENTAL KEEPSAKES
Free 5 week course to create at least one sentimental keepsake using fabric, photos and embellishments. For those wishing to improve their confidence and their craft skills.
Part of the Every Mind Matters campaign.
https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters
November 2019 - December 2019
WARTIME CHRISTMAS CRAFTS
Pop up community arts stall at the Royal Engineers Museum Christmas fair. Creating authentic 1940s paper baubles.
December 2019
BLOCK MAKING - SKIRT & BODICE
Medway Adult Education Course. Take accurate measurements, develop a pattern block and a series of toile garments to develop personalised paper patterns.
June 2019 - September 2019
WORKSHOPS & OUTCOMES
Children
COMMUNITY ARTS - KID'S CRAFT.
Ongoing via Zoom
Craft activities run via Medway Adult Education to engage a wider audience in craft activities. Focus on paper, card, junk form the recycling.
COMMUNITY ARTS
School holidays - ongoing
Participatory Arts projects that engage and challenge children creatively. Areas recently covered have been cardboard cities, weaving and junk modelling.
CERAMICS FOR KIDS
October 2018 - February 2020 (paused due to Covid)
3 - 6 year olds - clay play and exploration.
7 - 11 year olds - introduction to hand building techniques.
11 - 16 year olds - developing skills and linking to GCSE as required.
FELT MAKING
October 2018
Hand felt making using natural and dyed wools to create images around the chosen theme. Learners were supported to choose a theme, draw and paint ideas then create them in felt.
CREATIVE MARK MAKING - MESSY PLAY
September 2018
Explore materials and techniques through a range of mark making exercises (parent & child class) focussing on the child.