Year 7 William Morris Presentation.

Produce a poster, sketchbook, power point or word presentation. Silver task- Include facts on the Artist and examples of his work. Bronze task- Consider the visual presentation when displaying your facts on the Artist and examples of his work. Remember to add your opinion of his work. Gold task-Consider the visual presentation when displaying your facts on the Artist and examples of his work. Your presentation should reflect his style of pattern and use of natural forms. Add a drawn accurate copy of his work- this may be an extension of a cut image or copy of a section of his work. Remember to add your opinion of his work. Find out what artwork influenced Morris?

Use this as a guide- this will be the assessment sheet your teacher will mark you with when you return to class in January- CRITERIA Level 4LEVEL 5LEVEL 6LEVEL 7LEVEL 8/EP -Research I collected images for my presentation which is basic. Silver task I collected images and information about William Morris and my presentation shows some thought. I have described the work of William Morris. Silver/Bronze task. I collected images and information which I used to create a presentation which shows an understanding of the artists’ work. I have expressed my own opinion of the work. Bronze Task. I selected images and information which I used to create an imaginative presentation. I have analysed the artists’ use of colour and imagery visually and in writing. Gold Task. I have used my selected images and information to create an imaginative and skilful presentation that confidently communicates my judgements on the work of the artist and uses higher order vocabulary. Gold Task.

Here is an example of a previous students sketchbook presentation. This power point is also an adapted presentation two students made.

Who was William Morris? He was born in 1834 and died at the age of 60 in William Morris was a poet and an artist who designed many pieces of art, such as: stained glass windows and wallpaper. He worked and lived like any other person in the Victorian era and then found his talent. He was creative and imaginative as he produced different pieces of art work.

Married life In 1859 William Morris married Jane Burden. Right after their marriage they built a house in Bexley Heath. They named it ‘Red house’ and it was designed by Philip Webb. But Phillip didn't do all the hard work, Jane and William chose all the interiors and decorations for the house. It took them two years, they wanted it to be perfect and most of the work was done by them. After they designed this house they made there own craft work company.

Morris, Marshall,Faulkner and co. The company produced tableware, furniture, wallpaper and all these products were handmade.by 1865 William concentrated on designing and producing wallpaper. All his patterns were based on the natural world, and these were his best-known works of art.

In 1891, Morris founded the Kelmscott Press, named after the village near Oxford where he had lived since The Kelmscott Press produced high quality hand-printed books to be seen and cherished as objects d'art. Morris designed and cut the typefaces, ornamental borders and title pages which were based on the style of medieval manuscripts, while the illustrations were created by the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Edward Burne-Jones. The books were printed on handmade paper, copied from 15th century Italian samples, and bound in vellum. The Kelmscott Press

Poetry Even though William was an artist, he wrote poetry in his spare time: I am Winter, that do keep Longing safe amidst of sleep: Who shall say if I were dead What should be remembered?

Famous quote- This was a quote that William said himself: