Pattern
Birmingham Museum & Art
Gallery is a
wonderful place to discover
pattern. From intricate Asian
textiles to the famous collection
of ceramics, wrought iron
and stained glass, children
will be fascinated to learn
about styles, symbols and
motifs, and will be able
to make a pattern design
of their own.
The Industrial Gallery,
which houses a famous collection
of ceramics, wrought iron
and stained glass, is an
exciting place to explore.
Children can record different
types of pattern from original
sources and learn how motifs
and patterns are created.
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The
Industrial Gallery
and Round Room
The building itself
is a valuble tool
in
teaching
sessions as children
can discover pattern
in the decorative
ironwork, columns,
brickwork, tiles
and windows all around
them.
The Round Room
and the Industrial
Gallery were opened
by the Prince of
Wales in 1885.
The Round Room today
looks much the same
as it would have
done then. The
paintings are hung
closely together.
The Industrial Gallery,
built of decorative
ironwork, was the
major exhibition
area of the original
1885 building. The
items on display
were models of good
design, intended
to inspire Midlands
industrial craftsmen.
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William
De Morgan, Wall
tile (1880's)
Location: Industrial Gallery
William De Morgan was influenced by Islamic pottery lustre decoration, achieving
a shimmering effect by adding metal oxides to the ceramic surface before firing.
His tiles were earthenware, with the transfer painted over the slip (runny clay).
The
white
slip provided a smooth, brilliant background to the colour on the tiles`
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Stained
Glass Window, St
John the Baptist
The Industrial Gallery has some impressive stained glass which can
be used in the topic of pattern. This example has a clear border, an inner
red border with three trefoil shaped leaves springing from a circle painted in
yellow and brown on clear glass.
Burne-Jones, a painter of international renown born at Bennett's Hill, Birmingham,
and
his
colleague, Rossetti, designed some of the stained glass here |
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