Gargoyle soap carving.

Four year 8 groups explored the culture of
the Green Man and the function of gargoyles
in medieval architecture.

Students developed their own ideas into
"grotesque" faces using clay.

A related homework was to carve a bar of
soap into a gargoyle face.

Students had to think carefully about which
parts of the soap they should remove in order
to make the facial features stand out in relief.



Christopher Paige,
William de Ferrers School.

Key Stage 3. Year 8.
April 2006.