START WITH ART: Stringed Figure (Curlew), Version II

This takes us less than five minutes each morning and tends to be re-visited later in the day at the dinner table or during our evening reading sessions. 

Here's how to #STARTWITHART:

Step one: Take a look at the artwork below

Step two: Read the questions below the picture of the art to the students/children in your life

Step three: See how starting your day with art can ignite creativity and critical thinking!

Title: Stringed Figure (Curlew), Version II

Artist: Dame Barbara Hepworth (it's her birthday today!)

Date: 1956, edition 1959

Medium: Brass and string on wooden base

Dimensions: 51.4 × 76.8 × 43.2 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• A curlew is a a large wading bird of the sandpiper family. Why do you think the artist gave this sculpture that name? Do any of the elements remind you of a bird? 

• How would you describe the lines created by the red-brown fishing line?

• If you were using the same materials (brass, string, wood), what kind of sculpture would you create? 

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