Jim Morris - artworker

0121 778 5695

 
 

projects 2010



PUPPETS CELEBRATE...


...INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY

Puppet-making with families recently arrived in Britain

The New Art Gallery - Walsall


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for how to make the

PAPER PLATE PARROT PUPPETS

plus

(view on YouTube)


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for how to make the

LUCKY BAG PUPPETS


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for how to make the

RUDOLPH REINDEER PUPPETS


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CHRISTMAS-PARTY PUPPETS

 
 

Young visitors make Santa and Rudolph puppets

Acocks Green Library

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This was a Pocket Money Puppets workshop

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to find out how you can

book a FREE workshop

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for how to make the

RUDOLPH PUPPET

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for how to make the

SANTA PUPPET

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PARTY TIME


Latest OUTTA DA BOX activity idea

for Young People in Children’s Homes


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PRINCETHORPE PARTY ANIMALS


Nursery, Reception, Year One and Year Two pupils

make Party-Puppets with their families

a 3-day Inspire project at

Princethorpe Infants School


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for how to make the

PAPER CUP PUPPETS

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for how to make the

PAPER PLATE PUPPETS

plus

(view on YouTube)

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for how to make the

CAKE-BOX CREATURES

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to see some of the puppets

on YouTube



YOUR GARDEN = A WORK OF ART


commissioned ink/watercolour garden artwork

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to find out about commissioning

YOUR OWN GARDEN ARTWORK

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GOOD NEWS ABOUT GROWING UP - the DVD


child-friendly teaching resource - Key Stage One - PSHE

for all Walsall Primary Schools

with Catcher Media

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to find out more

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GHOSTS in the LIBRARY


Young visitors make Ghost puppets for Halloween

Kings Norton Library

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This was a Pocket Money Puppets workshop

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to find out how you can

book a FREE workshop

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for how to make the

GHOST PUPPETS

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EYEEYE


Latest OUTTA DA BOX activity idea

for Young People in Children’s Homes

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LITTLE MONSTERS!


Young visitors make Little Monster puppets

at The Museum of Cannock Chase

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This was a Pocket Money Puppets workshop

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to find out how you can

book a FREE workshop

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for how to start the

LITTLE MONSTER PUPPETS

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GOOD NEWS ABOUT... FAMILIES


Year One pupils make puppet families using envelopes

Barford Primary School


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for how to make the

ENVELOPE PEOPLE PUPPETS

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MONSTER-MAKER CARDS


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for Young People in Children’s Homes

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NORTH NORFOLK DRAWINGS


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to see the drawings

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TXTING... TXTING...


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for Young People in Children’s Homes

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LUCKY BAGS at KINGS NORTON

 

Young library visitors and their families make Lucky Bag Puppets

Kings Norton Library


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to see some of the puppets

on YouTube


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for how to make the

LUCKY BAG PUPPETS


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FLOWER POWER


Young visitors and their families turn paper cups into fantastic flowers

Walsall Leather Museum


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to see some of the flowers

on YouTube

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ROMAN COIN PORTRAITS

 

Young Emperors and Empresses mint their own giant coins

Lunt Roman Fort


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to see some of the Coins

on YouTube

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SPACE-HOPPER PUPPETS


Young Earthlings turn ‘Space-Hopper’ shapes into new life-forms

Handsworth Library

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to see the Puppets

on YouTube

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to make your own

SPACE HOPPERS

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CRACKIN’ CREATURES

 
 

Youngsters turn wallpaper egg-shapes into wildlife

Walsall Leather Museum


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PARTY ANIMALS

 
 

Youngsters, their families and child-minders use paper cups and paper plates

to make new puppet-friends

Brownhills Children’s Centre / Ogley Hay Nursery


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for how to make the

PAPER CUP PUPPETS

·

click here

for how to make the

PAPER PLATE PUPPETS

plus

(view on YouTube)

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click here

to see the Party Animals

on YouTube


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POST ROOM PUPPETS

 
 

Youngsters turn envelopes and junk mail into puppet characters

Walsall Leather Museum


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for how to make the

ENVELOPE PEOPLE PUPPETS

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for how to make the

ENVELOPE ANIMAL PUPPETS

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for how to make the

ENVELOPE MOUTH PUPPETS

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to see the Puppets

on YouTube


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SPACE HOPPERS


Latest OUTTA DA BOX activity idea

for Young People in Children’s Homes

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Sketching in Shrewsbury


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to see the sketches

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WOMAD DRAWINGS



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LUCKY BAGS at the WOLVERHAMPTON SHOW


Lots of people made Lucky Bag Puppets

in the Puppet Area

at the Wolverhampton Show


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for how to make the

LUCKY BAG PUPPETS


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MAKING MINIBEASTS... with Silver Circles

 
 

Minibeast-themed artgames with Year One pupils

Shaw Hill Primary School


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MAKING MINIBEASTS... with Paper Plates


Minibeast-themed artgames with Year One pupils

Shaw Hill Primary School


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MAKING MINIBEASTS... with Vegetables

 
 

Minibeast-themed artgames with Year One pupils

Shaw Hill Primary School


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TWO-TONE PATTERNS


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for Young People in Children’s Homes

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WESTERN ISLES


Sketches from Scottish cycling trip

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SCHOOLS-DIRECT


Jim’s work featured in

Schools-Direct’s West Midlands Directory

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CITY TANGRAM


Latest OUTTA DA BOX activity idea

for Young People in Children’s Homes

www.outtadabox.info


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LUCKY BAGS at the BIG BOOK BASH

 
 

All sorts of people made Lucky Bag Puppets

at the 2-day BIG BOOK BASH at Aston Hall


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for how to make the

LUCKY BAG PUPPETS

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DRAWING IN THE DARK


‘live’ sketches of Deborah Colker Dance Company

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to see some of the sketches

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BAMBOO BUTTERFLIES... and an ANGRY ALLIGATOR

 
 

Staff from St Benedicts Infants School make butterflies and stories

as part of training day at Small Heath Eco Park


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for how to make the

BAMBOO BUTTERFLIES




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MOVIE STAR POSTERS


Latest OUTTA DA BOX activity idea

for Young People in Children’s Homes

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GOOD NEWS ABOUT... filming


‘Postman Jim’

filming for the forthcoming PSHE DVD - Good News about Growing Up

Abbey Primary and Old Church School - Walsall


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visit the Catcher Media website

and find out more

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sketch of Martin Rowson at Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival


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PUPPETS SAY... WELCOME!

 
 

Puppet-making with families recently arrived in Britain

Bescot - Walsall


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for how to make the

CYLINDER HEAD PUPPET


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for how to make the

PAPER PLATE PARROT PUPPETS

plus

(view on YouTube)


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for how to make the

LUCKY BAG PUPPETS


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WALSALL LUCKY BAGS


Families turn paper bags into Puppet characters

Walsall Leather Museum


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for how to make the

LUCKY BAG PUPPETS

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click here

to see the Puppets

on YouTube


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EASTER TANGRAM



Families hatch new creatures from Tangram Eggs

Walsall Leather Museum


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to see the Tangram Eggs

on YouTube


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BAGTASTIC!


Paper bag puppet-making with families at Hawthorne House Library


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for how to make the

LUCKY BAG PUPPETS

·

click here

to see the Puppets

on YouTube


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HERE BE DRAGONS


Latest OUTTA DA BOX activity idea

for Young People in Children’s Homes

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ANOTHER LOOK AT ‘HOOK’


8-day artgames project based on the films Hook and Peter Pan

All Year One and Year Two pupils

Sladefield Infants

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for more information about this project


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MIRROR... MIRROR...


Latest OUTTA DA BOX activity idea

for Young People in Children’s Homes

www.outtadabox.info


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ABERARTH


sketches from Aberarth and Aberaeron


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OUTTA DA BOX


Year-long artgames project in Birmingham Children’s Homes

Clissold Street


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LUCKY BAGS and FIREFIGHTERS


family puppet-making workshops - with Playgroup and Toddler Group

Brownhills Children’s Centre


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for how to make the

LUCKY BAG PUPPETS



 

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PUPPETS FROM THE PAST - Part One

 

family puppet-making workshops - inspired by medieval puppets

Priory Visitor Centre - Coventry




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for how to make the

ENVELOPE PEOPLE PUPPETS


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PUPPETS FROM THE PAST - Part Two

 

family puppet-making workshops - inspired by medieval puppets

Priory Visitor Centre - Coventry




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GOOD NEWS ABOUT GROWING UP

 

puppet and prop-making

for Good News about Growing Up DVD


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OUTTA DA BOX


Year-long artgames project in Birmingham Children’s Homes

Viscount House


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GO LARGE!


Latest OUTTA DA BOX activity idea

for Young People in Children’s Homes

www.outtadabox.info


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GOOD NEWS... for DADS

 

Envelope puppet-making with Dad’s Group

Brownhills Children’s Centre


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for how to make the

ENVELOPE PEOPLE PUPPETS


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for how to make the

ENVELOPE ANIMAL PUPPETS


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LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY BAGS


Paper bag puppet-making with families at Stay and Play session

Brownhills West Primary School


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for how to make the

LUCKY BAG PUPPETS


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Drawing the Imagined Village


‘live’ sketches from Imagined Village gig


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GOOD NEWS ABOUT GROWING UP


working with Pete Churchill - Community Musician -

on Good News song

for Good News about Growing Up DVD


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NEW YEAR REVOLUTIONS


Latest OUTTA DA BOX activity idea

for Young People in Children’s Homes

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Got an idea/request for a project?

e-mail: jim@artgames.co.uk

to make it happen

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WORK IN SCHOOLS

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PUPPET-MAKING PLUS...

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WORK IN MUSEUMS & ART GALLERIES

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WORK WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

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WORK IN LIBRARIES

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e-mail: jim@artgames.co.uk




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