Mob, 2005
© Gary Hume
Photo: David Lambert and Rod Tidnam |
Cut Out a Bird for Christmas
December 2005, Tate Britain
Tate Britain commissioned artist Gary Hume to create its Christmas
tree for 2005. Hume has chosen a traditional spruce tree and decorated
it with a flock of hand-painted, stencil-cut blackbirds made from
steel plate.
Try decorating your own Christmas tree at home with your own
cut-out birds. You can always pop in to see the tree at Tate Britain
and pick up materials on the Art Trolley at weekends.
Top tips!
- You'll need just card and scissors. What kind of shape will your bird be? How can you show where the wings will go? What sort of feet will it have?
- Take a good look at Gary Hume's blackbirds and see how he has painted their beaks and cut out a single foot to create a silhouette.
- You don't have to stick to blackbirds. Try making other birds that you can see in your garden. How many other birds have you seen?
- Decorate your birds with spots or feathery patterns if you like.
- Hang them all over your tree.
- See how may birds you can gather into a flock on your Christmas tree at home: get friends and family to make their own birds.
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