A warm February morning saw an intrepid group from the Year 11 Art faculty, embark on a coach trip for a day’s visit to The Victoria & Albert museum in London. My first impressions of the museum were that it was an impressive building, and like the Tardis, appeared larger on the inside than on the outside.

We walked around the galleries in small groups, looking for works from particular periods in Art History, and generally absorbing the cultured atmosphere. There was a massive hanging sculpture, in the foyer, made out of different coloured blown glass by Chihuly. I was familiar with this artist from work in class.

Alex Blunkell and I had been involved in a project to build a chair designed 100 years ago by Gerrit Rietveld. Our RM technician had told us that there was an original version in the V & A. We found it and got Mr Pittuck to pose next to it. 
The trip really got us thinking, and fired up to return to the class inspired by new ideas.

Tom Street