Darrell Wakelam

@darrellwakelam.bsky.social

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Freelance artist and provider of 3D ART workshops & training. Author of the best-selling book Art Shaped. Free ART ideas and projects at www.darrellwakelam.com

Artwork and projects from this academic year.
A photo from a newspaper article about Summer holiday activities. The photo shows an art session at my local library. I'm on the right of the photo making something, there are other kids and the librarian in the photo.
The mask I made as a demo for this project.
Two of the masks made by the Year 7/8 pupils from Kingsbridge Community College.
A large Tiger head sculpture.
A sculpture/bust of King Charles I made by children from Ocker Hill Junior School about 25 years ago.
Bee sculpture display created in just one day by the pupils from St.Mary's Catholic Primary School in Marshall, Dorset.
The sculpture of Huish Episcopi Primary School that we made a few weeks ago.
Photo from today's Egyptian Gods workshop (top right) and some images of my own 3D work based on this theme.
The display piece made today by pupils from West Moors mIddle School. The large relief sculpture shows a large Earth surrounded by children joining hands. The small figure sculptures are all in the school uniform.
Four Ancient Egyptian Gods based on ‘canopic jars’. These are all made from recycled cardboard tubes built onto wooden spoons.
Cardboard insects made by the Reception children from Wiveliscombe Primary School.
Two of the four school mascots, Red Dragon, Green Wyvern.
A photo of me demonstrating techniques to one of the groups of Year 2 children from Purbrook Infants School. In the photo we are making 3D bees!
Photos of me working with kids.
Photos of me working with kids.
Photos of me working with kids.
Photos of me working with kids.
A large tree sculpture created by the pupils from Long Knowle Primary School. The tree has the school's values wrapped amongst its branches, hidden books, and models of two little children reading sitting on the branches. It's based on the school badge design.
Me, helping some younger children to make a tiger.
Photos from this week's project, examples of children's work including a blackbird, roses, a mouse with a balloon, and a relief sculpture of a school building.
A 3D relief model of the school made in just one day.
Artwork made by the boys from the Marchant Holliday school in Somerset. The three pieces depict different stages in the growth of a rose and are based on the paintings of Georgia Okeeffe and the photographs of Karl Blossfeldt.
Me, making a big cat model from recycled cardboard tubes
An old model of Henry VIII
Artwork showing two pupils holding up a flag.
3D relief cardboard birds made by the children from Adderley Primary School, in Shropshire.
A very smiley bat sculpture from today.
Here’s a little glimpse of what’s currently on my desk, including a fish, an elephant, a rhino, and a mystery project that’s still in its very early stages.
A follow up to my previous post where I'd shared some unusually shaped packaging. I've turned a piece of it into a very simple sandcastle with a flag on top.
Just a few of the Paper-Plate-Fish created by visitors to the Lyme Regis museum on Thursday.
A montage of photos of some of my 3D creations including masks and models all made entirely from recycled cardboard. The images show a small cardboard face, an ammonite, a bird, a classical column, a monkey mask, and Egyptian statue, a Benin mask, a seahorse, and a T-Rex head.
My ''ferocious fish' model, made from just one paper plate and a bit of masking tape.
A mould piece of packaging that already looks like parts of a castle, or a row of sandcastles.
Photo's from the half terms workshops, with artwork including mythological creatures, magical trees, Birds & Bees, school buildings, fossils. Also included is a photo of me with a full size skeleton which was in one of the rooms I worked in.
My car, boot open, laden with cardboard from the Exeter Scrapstore.
A photo (sent by his mum) of Finn, one of the pupils from one of last week's workshops. There's a photo of the ammonites we made in school, and of Finn holding up his copy of my book, with my little message taped inside. The message reads "To Finn, I hope this book brings you many hours of fun - Darrell"
A display area in the school hall at my old Primary School, Grove Vale, which now has artwork on display which I created with their current pupils. The work on show is all based on history topics, including Stone Age, Egyptian, Ancient Greek, and Viking artwork.
Artwork created by children from the 'Quest' groups of schools this week, includes artwork based on their school buildings, logo's, motto's and school values.
Artwork created in just two and a half hours by the Year 3 and 4 kids from Oak Hill Primary in Gloucestershire. The image shows a 3D relief model of their school building surrounded by a frame depicting flowers, plants, trees and creatures that they see around their school grounds.
Photos of me and some of the VI form students from Polden Bower Special School in Somerset. These pictures show the process of their model-making and some of the different stages involved.
A selection of ammonite sculptures made today by the Year 6 children from Northern Junior School in Fareham.
Cardboard bees, created by the children from William Morris Special School in Gloucestershire. These were made from scratch in just one day, with different groups of children adding to the sculptures using cardboard construction, collage, paper mache, and paint techniques.
A photo of the early stages of a cardboard mask or head.
Photos from today's online workshop based on rhinos! Two photos of me explaining two sculpture techniques, both using different recycled materials. Also shown here is an illustration of a rhinoceros by artist Albrecht Durer, which I used as inspiration.
Three sculptures created by the VI four pupils from Polden Bower Special School. 'Be Safe', 'Be Ready', and 'Be Respectful', are shown as circular signs with symbols on them. These were made for the younger children at a different site, so we intentionally chose very simple imagery, shaking hands, hearts, a sun, caring hands, and a rocket with stars.
Photos of David Attenborough. (and me!), one of my signed books, and some local fossils.
A drawing I did as an entrance piece for College when I was 16.
Artwork created in just one day by the Nursery kids from Ilchester Primary. The paper collage shows three young children dressed in bright clothes standing on a carpet of flowers with a starry sky behind them. Above their heads is the phrase "we all belong here'.
Cardboard insects created to look like fossilised insects trapped in amber.
The Centaur sculpture made by the children from Holywell Primary school last week.
A photo of two of the pieces made this week, a Centaur and a griffin, made over three days by the children from Holywell Primary School in Birmingham.
A cardboard insect made for a project I'm currently working on.