river foyle - river thames

Crana College

The students started to look at trade routes. This led them to explore emigration and how Irish culture has been accepted throughout the world. They made panels relating to Irish icons and history. 

Frances Bardsley School for Girls

The girls researched the Thames Festival’s Feast on the Bridge. They each designed, drew and hand-painted their own table featuring baroque and extravagant dishes.

'I have learnt more about the river Thames, that there is a Feast on the Bridge and that artwork is shown on the banks.' Emily Adams, Frances Bardsley School

Foyle and Londonderry College

The pupils learnt how water is cleaned naturally by reed beds and willow plantations, then made a woven willow boat in a traditional manner, its origins drawn from the wooden boat on display at the Lough's Agency.

Oakgrove Integrated College

Inspired by the theme ‘River City’, students created a layered collage of papers and paint embellished with hand- and machine-stitch work. It depicts the famous walls, notable buildings, bridges and marine life of their city along the banks of the River Foyle.

'As part of the Rivers of the World project I got to kayak on the River Foyle; it was brilliant! The River Foyle is very long and it took ages to kayak from the boathouse at Prehan to the Pier at Culmore.'

Shea Higgins 

'The work we created was fantastic. I was amazed at the completed artwork. I am incredibly proud of myself and my classmates.' 

Aoife Browne 

The Sacred Heart Language College

All cities turn to dust and the students making this artwork based their ink, biro and scrapboard drawings around the plants that always make their first appearance when the bricks start to crumble: ivy and buddleia.

'The project has made me view London and art, its buildings and everything in general in a different light.' Jennfer O'Malley

Royal and Prior College

The pupils explored the fishing history of the river and learnt fly-tying with experienced anglers. They developed their own imaginative flies and created mobiles to display and document them.

St. Columb's College

Based on research of the River Foyle as a 'Resourceful River', the group of pupils designed and made an individual plastercast of their interpretation of the topic. Each cast was then burnished to give it a bronze effect. All twenty casts were finally grouped together to form a large low-relief sculpture.

Alperton Community School

The pupils made lino cuts of rope, tea drawings on a lightbox and spice bricks to represent the trade of the East India Docks.

St. Joseph's Boys' College

Using 'River of Life' as their theme the pupils looked at the different species of fish that live in the River Foyle. They made drawings and from these created black and white collages of Celtic fish designs.

'We had a great time working on our project. We had the opportunity to kayak down the river Foyle – one of the first groups ever to pass underneath all three bridges! We were overjoyed to be selected as the class from St Joseph's to take part in the project and enjoyed all of our workshops, but the best part was when our parents came in to see the final image that will be seen in London!'