Archive for May, 2011
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Historic Royal Palaces not only has amazing buildings in its care, but it also has a stunning collection of images of the palaces. There are thousands of fantastic pictures from the last century, showing many different sides to the palaces. Residents of Hampton Care and Galsworthy House nursing homes (in Hampton and Kingston respectively) were [...]
Recently we started a new book borrowing scheme for community groups. After some of our off-site talks or visits, groups will have the opportunity to borrow a book on a related topic, which they can take away with them to read, before sending it back with their comments. Attendees at a talk on Lady Jane [...]
Last week all students from our Schools Partnership school, St Mary Abbot’s Primary, visited the Enchanted Palace at Kensington to pick up ideas for their Art and Design week. All classes worked so hard and came up with some wonderful pieces of print, drawing, installation and sculpture inspired by the Enchanted Palace and their chosen theme of ‘Royalty’. Here’s an image of their [...]
Jenny and I narrowly avoided being completely covered in paint today, however Year 3 and Year 4 did not escape! We had a fantastic day at St Mary Abbot’s, working with the wallpaper rollers that the students created at Kensington Palace on Monday to produce our own class wallpaper and prints. Using printing ink and special paper, students [...]
For over 600 years, animals were kept at the Tower for the entertainment and curiosity of the court. Everything from elephants to tigers, kangaroos and ostriches lived in what was known as the Royal Menagerie. For a long time, powerful rulers tried to impress each other by exchanging living gifts. The exotic animals kept at [...]
Today we welcomed Year 3 and 4 from St Mary Abbot’s Primary back to the palace to create their own wallpaper print rollers using the patterns and designs they came up with last week. Inspired by patterns in the gardens and in the palace, Year 3 and 4 cut out shapes from foam and stuck them on to [...]
Last year four community groups (two nursing homes and two activity clubs for adults) created beautiful ceramic reliefs for the gardens at Hampton Court. After visiting the palace, learning about its history and admiring the architecture, they worked with the artist Kay Aplin to create ceramic reliefs of architectural features around the palace including the [...]
Hello, it’s Natalie Ryde, the Artist in Residence at Kensington Palace. Today was the first of our art sessions with Year 3 and 4 from St Mary Abbots Primary. As part of my residency I’ll be working with local school children to investigate the fragments of historic wallpaper found at the palace during building work and explore pattern in the [...]
Some final images from my sketchbook. Natalie Ryde, Kensington Palace
Some more images from my sketchbook. Natalie Ryde, Kensington Palace