GROW · Bronze Art · Teesside Studio Suite · Spring 2 Week 1 of 6
Armature & Frame
Bronze Part A · Own Arts Practice
🎯 Learning objective: I can predict and test how one construction variable changes a frame’s stability and alterability.
✅ Success criteria
- I state a prediction and fixed conditions.
- I change only brace, joint or base width.
- I compare A/B and justify the next construction move.
🏗 3D sculpture⏱ 40-minute coreReading age 7–11 · predict, change one variable, compare🔁 Lundy live loop
SPRING 2 · TEESWORKS & RECLAIMED SPACES
FRAME → VOID → SKIN → CONTEXT → SITE → PROPOSE & INFLUENCE
FRAME → VOID → SKIN → CONTEXT → SITE → PROPOSE & INFLUENCE
Inherited
Unit entry: retrieve safe joining, balance and simple 3D construction from earlier making.
Unit entry: retrieve safe joining, balance and simple 3D construction from earlier making.
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Feeds next
The standing, alterable frame becomes the form whose scale and gaps are tested in Week 2.
The standing, alterable frame becomes the form whose scale and gaps are tested in Week 2.
GROW entryDevelop a process with structured support.
GROW securePredict, change one variable and explain the comparison.
LAUNCH reachEvaluate a trade-off and transfer the process to an unfamiliar constraint.
Qualification guardrail: This lesson can organise useful Trinity Arts Award Bronze evidence, but the interface and one artefact do not prove a Part. A trained adviser must audit sustained pupil-authored practice, source records, response and reflection.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · oxide
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Predictable Space comes before artistic demand; the pathway describes support and reasoning, never a fixed pupil label.
⏱ 3 min
🚪 Arrival · retrieve the studio spineInherited
Unit entry: retrieve safe joining, balance and simple 3D construction from earlier making.
Unit entry: retrieve safe joining, balance and simple 3D construction from earlier making.
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Feeds next
The standing, alterable frame becomes the form whose scale and gaps are tested in Week 2.
The standing, alterable frame becomes the form whose scale and gaps are tested in Week 2.
2 × 2 retrieval ladder
LAST LESSONWhere have you made something stand before? Point, sketch or say one useful joining idea.
LAST WEEK / CORE WORDSMatch base, upright, joint and brace to the concept diagram.
LAST TERMWhich 2D shape usually resists squashing: triangle, square or circle? Show why with strips.
GREATER DEPTHHow can a reclaimed industrial frame look light but still suggest strength?
Response routes: explain/compare · point/select · make/demonstrate · annotate/edit · retry/refine · authorised voice/clip. Quiet response and pass/return-later are valid.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · oxide
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Retrieve privately. If recall is secure, fade the content prompt; keep sensory, motor and navigation access.
⏱ 3 min
🌱 Starter · observe / question before explanationWhat makes a structure stand up — and still let you change your mind?
Commit to one panel before the explanation. The diagnostic identifies a teaching need, not a pupil label.
Too weak
The frame folds or collapses when the table is gently tapped.
Too rigid
The frame is so heavy or fixed that the maker cannot revise it.
Useful balance
The frame stands, a triangle resists deformation, and joints can still be changed.
Fix: point to the visible clue that would move the first or second example towards the third.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · oxide
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
The learner may point, make, say, sign, write or ask for accurate scribing before adult explanation.
⏱ 4 min
👩🎨 I Do · model control / reasoningTeacher model · decision, action, evidence
1 · Start with a low, broad base. Name what must touch the table; do not decorate yet.
2 · Build two uprights and a crosspiece. Tap the table gently and observe the movement rather than calling it ‘bad’.
3 · Add one diagonal brace to make a triangle. Retest and say exactly what moved less — while keeping a joint reversible.
Think aloud: “I am not hunting for a perfect sculpture. I am isolating one visible cause so I can explain my next move.”
SPACE · steel
VOICE · oxide
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Model the reasoning and the useful failure. Do not pre-make the pupil’s artistic choice.
⏱ 3 min
🤝 We Do · commit and compareCommit before reveal
Which next move gives the clearest evidence that a brace caused the improvement?
Choose one response, then compare the evidence.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · oxide
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Adult receives the learner’s first judgement; the explanation changes the next prompt or practical setup.
⏱ 3 min
👩🎨 I Do 2 · refine / transferTransfer the studio habit
1 · Use the side view as well as the front view: a frame that stands from one angle may still fold from another.
2 · Record authorship honestly: adult-cut card or held material is support; the pupil’s frame route and brace decision remain the art evidence.
Recovery route: Slot-only card frame: one base, two uprights and one brace. No wire or glue gun.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · oxide
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Change access before increasing content prompts. Recovery targets the same award part and preserves authorship.
⏱ 4 min
🤝 We Do 2 · interactive studio labArmature Brace Lab
Armature Brace Lab
Choose a brace route, freeze the result, then name the visible evidence. The indicator is a rehearsal — not structural certification.
Start with A. Make a prediction or observation before choosing the next state.
Transfer: Compare protected A with B. State what stayed fixed, the one changed variable and the planned versus observed effect.
Digital interaction is a rehearsal only. It stores nothing and is not portfolio evidence.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · oxide
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Freeze the visual result, name the evidence and let it influence the physical test.
⏱ 16 min
🎨 Independent · monitor, adjust, evidenceIndependent studio mission
Build a hand-sized tabletop armature for a reclaimed-space sculpture. Test it, locate one weak point, make one visible revision and keep the form changeable.
◆ Supported · use a prepared A/B frame and sentence stems; choose and change one variable.
▲ Standard · predict, protect A, test B and explain the observed difference.
★ Stretch · test a second viewpoint or interaction while changing one factor between adjacent trials; evaluate the trade-off.
EquipmentCard strips and bases; masking tape; scissors; optional wire/cutters or glue-gun bench; ruler; pencil.
Safety / accessUse the card-slot route for zero wire/zero hot glue. At controlled benches: goggles where required, wire offcuts down into a tray, cut ends folded/taped/capped, hot glue gun on its rest. Count tools out and in.
Evidence targetStanding frame + baseline/revision sketch or authorised photo + weak point fixed + pupil reason.
Closed-kit parity: Pre-cut card strips and slots, masking tape and a broad base. The pupil still chooses the frame shape and brace position.
1pupil decision
2observable arts action
3pupil reasoning/review
SPACE · steel
VOICE · oxide
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Pupil decision, observable action and pupil reasoning stay together. Record adult preparation or scribing separately.
⏱ 4 min
🎫 Exit · response changes the next studio moveExit ticket · receive, respond, report back
Complete through speaking, pointing, drawing, writing or accurate adult scribing:
My structure is ____. It stands because ____. The weak point was ____ and I fixed it by ____.
AUDIENCE
A named adult says what they genuinely received from the pupil’s work/reasoning before any code is recorded.
INFLUENCE
The pupil’s test changes which scale figure, pre-cutting, material route or modelling support is prepared for Week 2.
Authorship check: pupil decision/reason: __________ · adult preparation/modelling/scribing: __________
Inherited
Unit entry: retrieve safe joining, balance and simple 3D construction from earlier making.
Unit entry: retrieve safe joining, balance and simple 3D construction from earlier making.
→
Feeds next
The standing, alterable frame becomes the form whose scale and gaps are tested in Week 2.
The standing, alterable frame becomes the form whose scale and gaps are tested in Week 2.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · oxide
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Voice reaches a real Audience and causes a visible next move. Nothing is stored by this page.