Mainsail
Year 4 and 5 students from St Oswald’s CE Primary have worked with artist Dave Bixter to create a patchwork mainsail. The children used archive maps as the inspiration for their wax pencil and ink drawings on fabric, and the sail combines these individual drawings which explore the different shorelines along the River Dee.
Each year group in St. Oswald’s is named after a bird. The children who created Mainsail are Goldfinches. The red and yellow colours found in the artwork represent the plumage of a goldfinch, with the blue representing the sea.
Accompanying Mainsail is an original sea shanty written and sung by the children and the artist. Scan the QR code on the artwork at Deva Travel to listen to a performance of the sea shanty!
Thanks to the staff and pupils of St Oswald’s CE Primary School, Mollington, Chester.
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on the Chester Contemporary mapDave Bixter is a multidisciplinary artist and musician based in Liverpool, who combines different art forms and explores connections between drawing and music-making. He uses music technology to create interactive soundscapes and immersive multisensory experiences. Since 2005, Dave has delivered creative workshops and training for schools, community groups and public events, using his artwork to inspire others to explore their own creativity in new and exciting ways. His work emphasises the importance of creativity and of embracing an experimental approach that welcomes mistakes and the unexpected as a positive part of the creative process.
Chester Contemporary’s schools’ programme is delivered in partnership with Edsential. The programme has been inspired by the themes: A Stitch in Time, To the Sea To the Sea, Food Glorious Food and Row Stories, and is part of the cultural programme of the Chester High Street Heritage Action Zone (the Rows), funded by Historic England and supported by Cheshire West and Chester Council.
Edsential is a Community Interest Company providing co-created, progressive, quality creative and cultural experiences for schools, families and communities, enabling children and young people to communicate what they see, feel, and think, as well as develop new talents, confidence and aspiration.