Cashel Arts Fest Schools' Programme, 2020

We here in Scoil Mhuire have always been very prpoud to take part in the Cashel Arts Fest Schools' Programme. 

This year they are running a stained glass competition. The theme for the Festival is 20/20 Vision.  The committee has explored alternative ways of offering an appealing arts experience for all students and they have come up with three ideas that they believe are interesting and workable with the added bonus of requiring very little materials.  These can be done at home, and are suitable for all age groups from Junior Infants up (with help).  The results may be simple or more detailed.  

The committee has asked A.M Office Supplies in Friar Street  to have a supply of Tissue Paper and Card available (free) to families and they have kindly agreed to take the finished pieces.  Alternatively, they may be posted to 

Eleanor Dwyer,

Ballytarsna Hackett,

Cashel, E 25 E 938

The entries for the ‘Stained Glass Art’ will be made into  ‘Stained Glass Banners’ which will be displayed during the Arts Festival and then given to each participating school.  

The Cashel Arts Fest committee has attached the outline for these in the information to go to parents and students, a piece about Glass history.  Included is the Arts Fest Website link details which has instruction videos and information..

Programme link is: 

  https://www.cashelartsfest.com/news-details.php?ID=72

The committee hopes that our pupils will participate  and that all entries to be returned by the 26^th June. The programme is fund aided through Co. Tipperary Creative Ireland Open Call 2020

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CASHEL ARTS FEST, SCHOOLS’ PROGRAMME, 2020

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Since Cashel Arts Festival began in 2003, we have tried to have a Schools’ Programme each year as we have a strong commitment to the ethos of arts being for everyone.  Many of you, with you children have joined in the outdoor parades or availed of workshops and other events. As there cannot be a programme in-school this year, we have come up with three ideas  which we think are easily undertaken at home with very little materials required.  This is grant aided under Co. Tipperary Creative Ireland Open Call 2020

The overall theme of this year’s Arts Festival is 20/20 Vision and we intended to have a‘Stained Glass’ programme.  However, this has had to be amended, but the Artist Elke Wilson who was to work with the children again this year suggested two ways in which students can undertake a project with a ‘stained glass’ theme, at home. A piece about the history of glass is also attached.

There are videos to explain how to do this - the Stained Glass and the Scraffito Art.  These can be made as simple or as difficult as your child wishes and gives free rein to their imagination in what they design.  A copy of some simple designs is included for the Scraffito Art..

We have asked  A.M Office Supplies in Friar Street, Cashel to have tissue paper and black card free for you if you do not have them st home – (limited to five colours – they will be cut in small sections – just say how students many in the family, and the name of your school)

Programme link is:               https://www.cashelartsfest.com/news-details.php?ID=72

An online link will then lead you to instruction videos

No 3 idea is different and involves ‘dressing up’ and taking a photograph of the student and as many members of the family relevant to the image/theme being portrayed.   This can be humorous, serious, historical - like ‘fancy dress’ .  Your imagination is the only limiting factor! 

Suggestions includelooking at ‘Old Master’ Paintings and pretending that you are the people in the picture.  Equally, it can be a character/s from a film, a book, a musical, a period of history, Nursery Rhyme, Fairytale etc.

When you have you image, send it to cashelartsfest@gmail.com  - for the festival, we hope to have a gallery of ‘The Imaginative Vision of the Families of Cashel during Covid 2020’

Best wishes,

Cashel Arts Festival School Programme Team

Dear Students,

Every September Cashel Arts Festival run a series of workshops in schools. This year due to the Coronavirus pandemic we will not be able to do that and so we are asking you to participate at home. We have three projects which you can take part in. You can do any one of them or all three of them. It’s up to you. We have some photos and videos with instructions to help you but these are just guidelines. Be as creative as you wish. We’re really looking forward to seeing your creations.

The finished artwork will be displayed during Cashel Arts Festival 17-20^th September 2020.

• Option 1

Stained Glass windows (see video for instructions). You will need black card, (A4 size) coloured tissue or crepe paper, a glue stick and a pencil. Some of you may not have black card and crepe paper at home. If you don’t we will provide it for you free of charge. You can pick up a piece of card and a selection of crepe paper for each participating child at A.M. Office Supplies, Friar St. Cashel.

• Option 2

Scraffito Art ( see video for instructions) .You will need black card, a range of crayons or oil pastels and a toothpick. You can pick up a piece of black card at A.M Office Supplies for free if you don’t have card at home.

• Option 3

No 3 idea is different and involves ‘dressing up’ and taking a photograph of you and as many members of the family relevant to the image/theme being portrayed.   This can be  serious, humorous, historical - like ‘fancy dress’ .  Your imagination is the only limiting factor!

• Suggestions include looking at ‘Old Master’ Paintings and pretending that you are the people in the picture. Equally, it can be a character/s from a film, a book, a musical, a period of history, Nursery Rhyme, Fairytale etc.

Closing date: The closing date for receipt of artwork is Friday the 26^th of June.

Please put your name, your class and your school name on a Post It note or piece of paper and attach it to your artwork. (do not write your name on your art)

Where to send your creations and/or re-imagined photograph :

When you have completed your art please drop it into A.M  OFFICE SUPPLIES, FRIAR ST, CASHEL or you can post it to ELEANOR DWYER, BALLYTARSNA HACKETT, CASHEL. E25 E928

• When you have you image, send it to cashelartsfest@gmail.com - for the festival, we hope to have a gallery of ‘The Imaginative Vision of the Families during Covid 2020’

Looking forward to receiving your artwork and/or photograph,

The Cashel Arts Festival School Programme Team – www.cashelartsfest.com    

GLASS

Glass is a unique substance that makes up materials all around us. It is very useful because of all its special properties. Learn about glass and how it is made.

What Is Glass?

Glass is made from sand. Yes, that's right - the same sand that you could find at the beach or in the desert. Of course, you have to melt it first.

Think of how sand is like sugar. They are both made up of small grains that look like tiny crystals. If you put sugar in a pan and melt it on the cooker, it changes from a solid into a liquid. When it cools and turns back into a solid, it's still sugar but it's in a different form. Now, it's like a hard candy. Melted sugar has something else in common with glass because sometimes it can be transparent, or see-through.

How is Glass Made?

Sand is a little different from sugar. Sand is made of silicon dioxide that forms a crystalline structure. It takes a much hotter temperature to melt sand, too. While sugar melts at a temperature a little higher than 300 degrees Fahrenheit, sand must be heated to more than 3000 degrees Fahrenheit in order to melt. Once it is molten or melted, it can be shaped or moulded into all the products we know.

The most common glass we are familiar with contains some extra ingredients. Glass can be recycled again and again, so most glass is made with some amount of recycled glass. They also add soda ash to melt it quicker (saving energy makes good business sense). Then in order to strengthen the glass they add limestone. The final product is called soda-lime-silica glass.

Glass is an amorphous solid which means it is a solid, yet it still has some chemical features of a liquid. Most solids have a crystalline-type structure; an amorphous solid does not.

Different Types of Glass

Have you ever made candy? Melted sugar can be poured on a flat surface and allowed to cool to make hard candy. In fact, movie sets make windows out of sugar because it looks just like glass, but won't cut when it's broken!

Glass is similar. To make the nice flat sheets of glass that are used as windows, molten glass is poured on the surface of liquid tin and then cools into plate glass. Not all glass has to be flat, though. Melted glass can also be poured into moulds shaped like drinking glasses or jars.

Stained glass facts

Stained glass is glass coloured by adding metallic salts when it is made. The coloured glass ismade into stained glass or can be used on items such as decorative pieces. Small pieces of glass are arranged to form patterns or pictures. The glass is held together by strips of lead and supported by a rigid frame for big pieces like windows.

Painted details and yellow stain are often used to improve the design. The term stained glass is also applied to windows in which the colours have been painted onto the glass and then fused to the glass in a kiln.

Stained glass is much used in Christian art but other themes are not rare. It is still popular today, and often called art glass. It is often used in luxury homes and commercial buildings.

Some colours are added to stained glass by the salts of:

 Copper: metal gives dark red glass

 Gold: metal in tiny amounts (0.001%) produces ruby red glass

 Silver, usually silver nitrate, gives range of red to yellow colours

 Cobalt: brilliant blue

 Manganese dioxide: green

 Iron(II) oxide: blue-green

 Chromium: dark green