Boston Ivy Leaf Line

Boston Ivy Leaf Line, a photo by JRT Pickle on Flickr.

A couple days off work and a very unusual warm end to September, it feels more like summer than autumn, but we will not be complaining! We went out looking for Autumn leaves and a lot of them are to be described as moth eaten, but autumn is still starting so hopefully they will produce more colour perfection over the next few weeks.

The Boston Ivy leaves are growing against a side wall of a shop, they lose their brilliance quite quickly once they drop or are picked so need to be used straight away. The colours remind me of a wedding, whites and pinks, lovely. Hung from a tree capturing the afternoon sunlight they show their wonderful delicate colours.

Mussel Shell Lined Square With View.

Mussel Shell Lined Square With View., a photo by JRT Pickle on Flickr.

Mussel Shells at the beach lined up in a square, there are so many different shells you can find on the beach. Have a look for some and make a patterns or maybe fish. Look for small rock pools and make something inside one. You can have lots of fun on the beach making land art.

Going going gone

Going going gone a video by JRT Pickle on Flickr.

Leaf circle

Leaf circle, a photo by JRT Pickle on Flickr.

Green and yellow leaves made into a circle. Autumn colours will soon start arriving.

Berry-heart

Berry-heart, a photo by JRT Pickle on Flickr.

I made this sculpture in 2007. It is made from Rowan berries. I like to use Rowan berries in my sculptures because they are so colourful.

If you use berries for your sculptures make sure you ask an adult first, just in case they are bad.

Pebble flower

flower, a photo by JRT Pickle on Flickr.

This is such a easy sculpture for little ones to do. Collect petal shaped pebbles and a round one for the middle. I scraped the stones with a another pebble to give the scratch white pattern on top. Arrange into a flower shape.

You can then collect a twig for the stem and some leaves to really finish it off. Have fun making this, make lots to create a pebble flower garden. :-) Perhaps you can make some and let us know how you got on.

Sycamore-Seed-Sails

Sycamore-Seed-Sails, a photo by JRT Pickle on Flickr.

I made this sculpture from sycamore seeds and dried grass stalks, captured it in sunlight, placed in the beautiful Forest of Bowland!

This is one of my favourite sculptures, I love the straight lines of the grass stalks and the curves of the seeds, they seem to compliment each other so well. The sycamore seeds are in full bloom on trees at the moment, collect some make your own sycamore sculpture. Have fun. :-)