Aspex at Home

  Hello and welcome to our last Family Saturdays at Home. Today we’re going to be making a paper pulp mixture and using it to sculpt dinosaur chimeras. You will need: - Shredded paper - Salt - Flour - A kettle - A hand blender If you don’t have a hand blender it might be a good idea to repeat the paper soaking process over a couple of days.  You can use torn up newspaper if you don’t have shredded paper. To make your paper pulp get a grown-up to cover the paper shreddings with boiling water and leave it overnight. After leaving it to soak for 24 hrs use the hand blender to break it up into a pulp. Make sure to get a grown-up to help you with this bit. Next, squeeze out all the liquid from your pulp so that it looks like this and add flour until you get a mouldable dough consistency. Design your dino chimera from parts of other dinosaurs. Lay out your mixture and then start to sculpt, just like clay! Leave to dry - I put cardboard under the bits that needed support and added ce...

Hello and welcome to Mini Makers at Home! In this post, we're going to be using tin foil as a sculpting tool!   You will need: - Tinfoil - Tape             Don ’ t forget to share your artwork with us by tagging @aspex_takepart and using the hashtag #AspexatHome.

Hi everyone! The theme of this post is The Natural World. So what we are doing is using clay and natural objects to create playful sculptures. Remember to pick any plants or flowers responsibly and don't forget to share your creations with us!      You will need: - Clay - Leaves - Sticks - Stones          

Hello, I ’ m Abi and welcome to Aspex at Home! In this post, we’re creating momentary sculptures inspired by Peter Fischli and David Weiss. I hope you have lots of fun, and remember to try lots of different objects! You’ll need to collect some interesting objects from around the house, or you could try to find some on a walk to make nature-themed sculptures. Try out how different objects look together!     Place your objects in interesting ways and balance them - quickly snap a photo before they fall! You'll need to take the photographs quickly after you let go - so you might need an assistant to help you out.  Share your artwork with us by tagging @aspex_takepart and using the hashtag #AspexatHome.

Hello, Russell here. Welcome to another edition of Aspex Family Saturday’s at Home. What we’re going to be doing today is making origami butterflies and cranes.  What you’ll need for this is some origami paper; don’t worry if you haven’t got any, consider using pages from an old book, an old map or maybe even downloading some textures or patterns offline, print them off onto A4 paper and them make them into square pieces.  Then once you’ve got those, follow the tutorials, see how it’s done and see what you can make, have fun! To learn how to make the crane, copy this link to your browser: https://bit.ly/3eshIrw Don't forget to share your creations with us on Instagram @aspex_takepart using the hashtag #AspexatHome.

In this post, we are going to be using things from around the house to create temporary sculptures and take pictures of our creations. You will need: - Some random objects from around your home - A phone or camera Lay out the objects you found to create your very own sculpture.        You can make giant floor pictures or small tabletop scenes. Arrange into symmetrical circles to make mandalas, or make a pattern or a picture of your pet! Parents: remember to keep an eye on little ones when creating with small objects. Share your artwork with us on Instagram by tagging @aspex_takepart and using the hashtag # Aspex atHome

In this post, we're going to make our very own galleries at home with the help of our friend Jordan. Hey everyone! Jordan here, I created my gallery with my daughter Ivy and based it around one of Aspex's previous exhibitions Daphne . You will need: - A box - Paper - Scissors - Pens or pencils - Glue - And things to decorate      A box is great to make your gallery in, but get creative and use what you can  from around the house! With the help of an adult, cut your box so you're able to open it out, like a nice big gallery space.  Use glue and paper to give your space some colour. Next is the really fun bit, draw some mini artworks and stick them to the walls of your gallery. You can come up with your own pieces of artwork or make smaller versions of someone else's!  An exhibition is created by an artist. Who is the artist in your gallery? In mine it's Sarah Taylor Silverwood - I've recreated her real work from Aspex! Share your artwor...

In this post, we're making some salt dough creations, inspired by ceramicist Kitty Hall! You will need: - 250g flour - 125g salt - 125ml water - A bowl to mix - And some fun materials to make textures Kitty uses waste materials to achieve her interesting textures, have a go and see what you can do with items you find around your home. In a bowl m ix the ingredients into a ball, and knead into a stretchy consistency. Flour the table & start to play! If you don’t have the ingredients for salt dough, you can use clay, play dough or even sticky tack! Try not to make the sides too thin or they might break! Share your artwork with us on Instagram by tagging @aspex_takepart and using the hashtag # Aspex atHome