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HARRY CLARKE ART ACTIVITIES MAKING A FAIRYTALE STAINED GLASS BANNER What you need: Tracing paper Coloured cellophane paper Coloured tissue paper Glitter Glue and scissors Instructions: e best way to start this activity is to think of what stained glass looks like. It is transparent and colourful. We often see it used in churches, telling us religious stories. In Harry Clarke’s window e Eve of St Agnes he also tells a story. It is about a young man and woman who fall in love. He uses beautiful clear colours, lots of purples, blues, pinks and yellows, but also he has carefully planned how to tell his story in pictures. To make your fairytale stained glass banner you too will have to think about this. First pick your favourite fairytale, think of Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella. en pick out the most important events in the story. is will help you plan how you will make your banner. Once you have decided on your story in pictures, sketch out your images onto a big sheet of tracing paper. If you are really adventurous or there are a few of you making it, maybe stick three pieces of A1 size tracing paper together, remembering that it will have to fit on a window. If there is not a window that will fit a banner this size, maybe make three separate banners, each one telling a different phase of your story. Once you have sketched out your story you can start cutting out pieces of cellophane paper and sticking it on. Cellophane paper is completely see through but comes in lots of different colours, so it gives a very similar effect as stained glass. Cutting out sections and shapes of tissue paper will also give the effect of stained glass. By layering on your different papers, for example placing cellophane over tissue paper, you can make your stained glass look richer. When you have completed your fairytale in pictures, stick it to a really large window. en you will see the light from outside flood through your banner, lighting up the story you have told. © Dublin City Gallery e Hugh Lane www.hughlane.ie 1 2 3 4 5

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Page 1: HARRY CLARKE ART ACTIVITIES - Scoilnet · HARRY CLARKE ART ACTIVITIES MAKING A FAIRYTALE STAINED GLASS BANNER What you need: Tracing paper Coloured cellophane paper Coloured tissue

HARRY CLARKE ART ACTIVITIES

MAKING A FAIRYTALE STAINED GLASS BANNER

What you need:

Tracingpaper

Colouredcellophanepaper

Colouredtissuepaper

Glitter

Glueandscissors

Instructions:

Thebestwaytostartthisactivityistothinkofwhatstainedglasslookslike.Itistransparentandcolourful.Weoftenseeitusedinchurches,tellingusreligiousstories.InHarryClarke’swindowTheEveofStAgneshealsotellsastory.Itisaboutayoungmanandwomanwhofallinlove.Heusesbeautifulclearcolours,lotsofpurples,blues,pinksandyellows,butalsohehascarefullyplannedhowtotellhisstoryinpictures.

Tomakeyourfairytalestainedglassbanneryoutoowillhavetothinkaboutthis.Firstpickyourfavouritefairytale,thinkofRapunzel,SleepingBeautyorCinderella.Thenpickoutthemostimportanteventsinthestory.Thiswillhelpyouplanhowyouwillmakeyourbanner.

Onceyouhavedecidedonyourstoryinpictures,sketchoutyourimagesontoabigsheetoftracingpaper.Ifyouarereallyadventurousorthereareafewofyoumakingit,maybestickthreepiecesofA1sizetracingpapertogether,rememberingthatitwillhavetofitonawindow.Ifthereisnotawindowthatwillfitabannerthissize,maybemakethreeseparatebanners,eachonetellingadifferentphaseofyourstory.

Onceyouhavesketchedoutyourstoryyoucanstartcuttingoutpiecesofcellophanepaperandstickingiton.Cellophanepaperiscompletelyseethroughbutcomesinlotsofdifferentcolours,soitgivesaverysimilareffectasstainedglass.Cuttingoutsectionsandshapesoftissuepaperwillalsogivetheeffectofstainedglass.Bylayeringonyourdifferentpapers,forexampleplacingcellophaneovertissuepaper,youcanmakeyourstainedglasslookricher.

Whenyouhavecompletedyourfairytaleinpictures,stickittoareallylargewindow.Thenyouwillseethelightfromoutsidefloodthroughyourbanner,lightingupthestoryyouhavetold.

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