Clay travellers: figures from the Silk Road

Art and design

Cutting stories with paper

Create a history map

Collage sails: pattern and identity

Made in collaboration with October Gallery, this unit explores how art shares stories across time and place as pupils cut, sculpt and collage maps into textured journeys of movement, exchange, identity and belonging.

Art that travels: stories, land and journeys

Why did people on the Silk Roads make art and figures?

What big idea does Antoni Tàpies show in his art?

What did the artist Antoni Tàpies use to make his art?

Rip up pieces of card and recycled paper to make new shapes.

Close your eyes and place your shapes on your map.

Glue down your paper to cover your meaningful kingdoms.

Mix colours of paint to paint your new countries and borders.

Put the steps in the correct order to make a collage and paint new countries.

Clay travellers: figures from the Silk Road

Lesson outcome