Part One
What is a coin? Come up with your own definition as a class and write it here
Here are some of the designs you can find on the reverse of our coins
They come from many different cultures and religions and each person has a different identity There are 62.3 million people living in the UK How do we represent them all on our coins? The United Kingdom 1.8m 5.2m 3m 52.3m
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Match the coins with the country you think they represent Click to sort
Four Cities £1 Coin Series What advantages and disadvantages are there to representing the United Kingdom in this way?
The Queen has had four portraits during her reign By Mary Gillick By Raphael Maklouf By Arnold Machin By Ian Rank-Broadley Click to change
Click to add coins Matt Dent, a young graphic designer, came up with the idea for the new coin reverses When asked about his design he said the piecing together of the elements of the Royal Arms to form one design had a satisfying symbolism – that of unity, four countries of Britain under a single monarch’ Did you solve the puzzle?
Royal Coat of Arms Coat of Arms of the Prince of Wales Wales is not represented on this shield, but on the Coat of Arms of the Prince of Wales instead
Part Two
Click to add coins Last time we looked at the 2008 coin design by Matt Dent, known as the Shield or Broken Shield design
Pablo Picasso, 1962 Collage: Pablo Picasso Picasso at the Tate Picasso at the Guggenheim Picasso used collage and paint at the same time to create his artwork Picasso was a great painter but he was also one of the first artists to use collage
Mach uses collage in different ways, click on one of the pictures to see David Mach is a modern artist and sculptor, he also works with collage
In these collages he uses photographs to create scenes You could use magazines Click to change
What similarities and differences can you find between the collages of David Mach and Pablo Picasso?
Mach uses all the space available and builds background as well as foreground into his pictures. You can fit a lot of detail into a circle!
Now you will use what you have learnt about coins and collage…
Task: to make a 3D collage in the shape of a coin that represents my…
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