Lesson overview
GROW · Bronze Art · Teesside Studio Suite · Spring 2 Week 3 of 6

Surface & Patination

Bronze Part A · Own Arts Practice

🎯 Learning objective: I can control one surface variable and justify a layered patina treatment from A/B evidence.
✅ Success criteria
  • I keep material and sample size fixed.
  • I change water, pressure, layer order or contrast once.
  • I select a treatment from labelled evidence.
🏗 3D sculpture⏱ 40-minute coreReading age 7–11 · predict, change one variable, compare🔁 Lundy live loop
High Point · Recess · Edge Lab concept diagramOriginal classroom schematic. Build the surface in a visible order and identify which zone carries each layer. DRY-MEDIA PATINATION SIMULATION · NO CHEMICAL PROCESS MODELLED BASE RECESS WORN EDGE LAYER ORDER
SPRING 2 · TEESWORKS & RECLAIMED SPACES
FRAME → VOID → SKIN → CONTEXT → SITE → PROPOSE & INFLUENCE
Inherited
Week 2 fixed a readable silhouette, human scale and purposeful negative space.
→
Feeds next
The selected surface language becomes evidence to compare with sculptor methods in Week 4.
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 spine
Inherited
Week 2 fixed a readable silhouette, human scale and purposeful negative space.
→
Feeds next
The selected surface language becomes evidence to compare with sculptor methods in Week 4.

2 × 2 retrieval ladder

LAST LESSONWhich gap or silhouette decision survived your Week 2 test?
LAST WEEK / CORE WORDSMatch scale, negative space, silhouette and viewpoint.
LAST TERMWhy test a new material on scrap before changing an artwork?
GREATER DEPTHWhich visible signs can suggest weather, wear or reclamation without using real industrial residue?
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 explanation

How do you make new card look like eighty years of weather?

Commit to one panel before the explanation. The diagnostic identifies a teaching need, not a pupil label.

Too wet

Mod Roc or paint slumps, floods detail or weakens the card beneath.

Too dry

The layer cracks, powders or fails to bond; a flat rust colour looks printed-on.

Controlled layers

Material bonds, form stays readable and uneven high points, recesses and edges suggest weathering.

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 / reasoning

Teacher model · decision, action, evidence

1 · Label HIGH POINT, RECESS and EDGE on one folded card sample before adding colour.
2 · Apply a restrained base layer. Add a darker, uneven recess layer with less water or pressure than the failed example.
3 · Lift selected edges with a dry sponge or pencil. Compare at arm’s length so surface supports — rather than hides — the 3D form.
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 compare

Commit before reveal

A Mod Roc sample slumps and loses the edge. What is the most useful next move?

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 / transfer

Transfer the studio habit

1 · Uneven does not mean uncontrolled: place darker tone in recesses and lighter wear on high edges for a reason.
2 · Write ‘dry-media patination simulation’ unless a separately risk-assessed wet process was actually used.
Recovery route: Patinate one card tile three ways with dry media: base tone, dark recess and light worn edge. Choose and explain one.
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 lab

High Point · Recess · Edge Lab

High Point · Recess · Edge Lab concept diagramOriginal classroom schematic. Build the surface in a visible order and identify which zone carries each layer. DRY-MEDIA PATINATION SIMULATION · NO CHEMICAL PROCESS MODELLED BASE RECESS WORN EDGE LAYER ORDER

High Point · Recess · Edge Lab

Build the surface in a visible order and identify which zone carries each layer.

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, evidence

Independent studio mission

Make labelled surface samples, select one treatment and apply it to a bounded maquette area without hiding the silhouette or negative space.
◆ 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.
EquipmentIdentical card test pieces; water-based acrylic; sponge; clean craft sand; pencil/wax dry media; optional risk-assessed Mod Roc; aprons.
Safety / accessCut Mod Roc strips before wetting; no dry sanding; water bowl, not sink; never wrap body parts; manage spills and wash hands. Use water-based acrylic only, clean craft sand and no aerosols, solvents, industrial residue or real rust.
Evidence targetLabelled sample rail + chosen layer order + maquette area + useful failure/retry + reason and process limitation.

Closed-kit parity: Dry-media patination simulation on card: graphite/coloured pencil or wax for base, recess and edge layers. A dry collage/tonal route has equal status.

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 move

Exit ticket · receive, respond, report back

Complete through speaking, pointing, drawing, writing or accurate adult scribing:

My surface treatment is ____. It works best at ____. A failure was ____ because ____. My next controlled change is ____.

AUDIENCE

A named adult says what they genuinely received from the pupil’s work/reasoning before any code is recorded.

INFLUENCE

The chosen surface language determines which Week 4 sculptor-method cards and physical comparison samples are prepared.

Authorship check: pupil decision/reason: __________ · adult preparation/modelling/scribing: __________
Inherited
Week 2 fixed a readable silhouette, human scale and purposeful negative space.
→
Feeds next
The selected surface language becomes evidence to compare with sculptor methods in Week 4.
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.

GROW Art · Spring 2 W3 · Surface & Patination

1 · Arrival task · 2 × 2 recall ladder

Response

Adult receipt / lightest prompt used

Enquiry: How do you make new card look like eighty years of weather?

2 · Visual knowledge organiser

Key terms

surface
the outer skin and visible feel of a form
patina
a surface appearance associated with age, handling or weather
recess
an area set back from the outer edge
layer
one application placed before or after another

Artist-method focus

Phyllida Barlow — notice raw construction and everyday material language. The lesson makes a visual patina simulation, not a chemical imitation of her process.

Equipment / safety / maintenance

Identical card test pieces; water-based acrylic; sponge; clean craft sand; pencil/wax dry media; optional risk-assessed Mod Roc; aprons.

Cut Mod Roc strips before wetting; no dry sanding; water bowl, not sink; never wrap body parts; manage spills and wash hands. Use water-based acrylic only, clean craft sand and no aerosols, solvents, industrial residue or real rust.

Visual workflow

  1. Prepare two or three equal test areas.
  2. Apply a base tone without flooding the form.
  3. Deepen recesses and vary marks unevenly.
  4. Lift high edges, compare, label the useful process and transfer only after testing.
High Point · Recess · Edge Lab concept diagramOriginal classroom schematic. Build the surface in a visible order and identify which zone carries each layer. DRY-MEDIA PATINATION SIMULATION · NO CHEMICAL PROCESS MODELLED BASE RECESS WORN EDGE LAYER ORDER

3 · Differentiated practice worksheet

Print controls in the lesson choose one movable route. Route is not a pupil label.

Supported

◆ Supported · use a prepared A/B frame and sentence stems; choose and change one variable.

Task: Make labelled surface samples, select one treatment and apply it to a bounded maquette area without hiding the silhouette or negative space.

Recovery: Patinate one card tile three ways with dry media: base tone, dark recess and light worn edge. Choose and explain one.

Standard

▲ Standard · predict, protect A, test B and explain the observed difference.

Task: Make labelled surface samples, select one treatment and apply it to a bounded maquette area without hiding the silhouette or negative space.

Recovery: Patinate one card tile three ways with dry media: base tone, dark recess and light worn edge. Choose and explain one.

Stretch

★ Stretch · test a second viewpoint or interaction while changing one factor between adjacent trials; evaluate the trade-off.

Task: Make labelled surface samples, select one treatment and apply it to a bounded maquette area without hiding the silhouette or negative space.

Recovery: Patinate one card tile three ways with dry media: base tone, dark recess and light worn edge. Choose and explain one.

Evidence target

Labelled sample rail + chosen layer order + maquette area + useful failure/retry + reason and process limitation.

Pupil decision / action / reason

4 · Diagnostic strip

Too wet

Mod Roc or paint slumps, floods detail or weakens the card beneath.

Too dry

The layer cracks, powders or fails to bond; a flat rust colour looks printed-on.

Controlled layers

Material bonds, form stays readable and uneven high points, recesses and edges suggest weathering.

Fix the cause, then retest

Visible clue I used: __________________________________________

One thing I changed: ________________________________________

What the retest showed: _____________________________________

What is still uncertain: ______________________________________

5 · Assessment, feedback & authorship

I Do → We Do → You Do desk anchor

I Do: adult models a visible decision and useful failure. We Do: learner commits, evidence is received, and the next prompt changes. You Do: pupil owns the artistic decision; adult access support is recorded separately.

Pupil decision / choice:

Observable arts action / product:

Pupil reasoning / review:

Adult preparation, modelling, physical support or scribing:

Same-award-part recovery used: Patinate one card tile three ways with dry media: base tone, dark recess and light worn edge. Choose and explain one.

Audience received:

Influence / next change / named adult / deadline / report-back:

Potential evidence alignment only. A trained adviser audits the complete personal portfolio; this page does not certify an award.