As part of our art module this term, the children have been investigating ‘3D art’.  We began by looking at pebbles and their properties, before seeing if we can build 3D sculptures with them.  We soon discovered that flat, smooth pebbles were the best for building.  We then investigated clay and its properties by seeing how it can be manipulated in different ways.  We then created 8 different sized pebbles each, making sure we smoothed them out and squashed then to get a flatter shape.  We learnt that pebbles aren’t always one colour, so we used a terracotta clay to add embellishments using a ‘slip’.  We cannot wait for our pebbles to dry out so that we can create 3D sculptures with them.