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In this video the artist responds to images of Martello and Conway towers to create an illustration of a fortress. Will Bertram works in pencil, pen and watercolour to build up the image that is later added to a mixed media collage.

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In this video the artist responds to images of Martello and Conway towers to create an illustration of a fortress. Will Bertram works in pencil, pen and watercolour to build up the image. 

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In this final video, artist Will Bertram re-visits his design to reflect and adjust the composition. He adds layers of paint to build a richer surface.

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In this final video, artist Will Bertram re-visits his design to reflect and adjust the composition. He adds layers of paint to build a richer surface.

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Discover how artist Will Bertram develops his ideas into a mixed media collage taking inspiration from Jersey's historic defences.

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Discover how artist Will Bertram develops his ideas into a mixed media collage taking inspiration from Jersey's historic defences. In this video he prepares a surface, collaging with scrap paper.  
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The final episode in the Gem of the Sea series links to the PSHE curriculum exploring themes of personal strength and resilience through mixed media illustration.

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Jersey Marine Conservation are holding an event on 2nd February 2026. Visit their website for more information.

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MARINE MISSION WETLANDS CELEBRATION EVENING & SCHOOLS EVENT 2025

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RADISSON BLU WATERFRONT ROCCO SUITESUNDAY FEBRUARY 2nd EXHIBITION 17:30 – 18:30 & TALKS 18:30 – 20:00 MONDAY FEBRUARY 3rdSCHOOLS EVENT:09:00 -10:30/10:30-12:00/13:00-14:30Go to the …

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This episode takes inspiration from the Martello Towers in Jersey and explores content from the PSHE curriculum through art.

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Fortress of the Isle supports students to investigate how colour, line and mark-making can link to feelings and emotions.

This episode explores the work of Anne Ryan and Etienne Gélinas to create a collage based on a Martello Tower that will communicate positive supportive messages to others.

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Watch artist Jacque Rutter take inspiration from vibrant mackerel skins, developing line drawn patterns to inspire collagraph print designs.

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Watch artist Jacque Rutter take inspiration from vibrant mackerel skins, developing line drawn patterns to inspire collagraph print designs. 

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This episode explores different printmaking techniques, creating positive and negative impressions, and exploring a range of materials.

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Creating reflective rock pools in relief. 

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Discover how to use gelli plate printing techniques to make images that are later embellished with ink and watercolour.

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Discover how to use gelli plate printing techniques to make images
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Watch artist Jacque Rutter demonstrate how to create a collagraph plate, for printing, inspired by mackerel skin.

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Watch artist Jacque Rutter demonstrate how to create a collagraph plate, for printing, inspired by mackerel skin. 
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Students will learn to create prints based on a response to local marine species found in Jersey waters. Pupils will have the opportunity to observe and draw from either real fish or detailed photographs. They will explore pattern and silhouette shapes before creating prints from collagraph plates.

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Discover how artist, Jacque Rutter, develops a rock pool study into a mixed media relief. In this video she will demonstrate how to build layers using newspaper, tissue and glue as well as how texture can be applied to create a rich surface to replicate rocks and seaweed.

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Discover how artist, Jacque Rutter, develops a rock pool study into a mixed media relief. In this video she will demonstrate how to build layers using newspaper, tissue and glue as well as how texture can be applied to create a rich surface to replicate rocks and seaweed. 

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Watch artist Jacque Rutter demonstrates how to create a rock pool inspired study using, pencil, watercolour and acrylic. Jacque carefully observes an image of a rock pool, identifies and mixes colours to represent what she can sees.

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Watch artist Jacque Rutter demonstrates how to create a rock pool inspired study using, pencil, watercolour and acrylic. Jacque carefully observes an image of a rock pool, identifies and mixes colours to represent what she can sees. 
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Developing observation & sketchbook skills.

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Observe and recreate vibrant patterns through printmaking. This PDF contains source images of mackerel.

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Identifying and mixing colours from the intertidal zone.

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Reflective Rockpools, KS2, Teaching Resource

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Through this episode students will explore composition and colour mixing before investigating how to represent reflections in rock pools. They will create a multi-media relief sculpture in response to their experimental work.

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This episode takes inspiration from the rock pools and intertidal zone around Jersey. There are cross-curriculum links with science, geography and citizenship as well as World Ocean Day which is marked globally.

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Find out about World Ocean Day activities in Jersey with events hosted by Ocean Culture Life.

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Our mission is to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural marine environment by seeking to widen

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Paper Dove installation created by local student to mark Liberation80.

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Can you display your school's paper doves creatively?

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'Liberty & Freedom' installation in Capital House to mark Liberation80. 

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The Government of Jersey have some exciting Liberation80 resources linking to the natural environment through the PSHE curriculum.

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Watch, Jersey based artist, Jacque Rutter, making elegant paper sculptures of doves that will form part of a Liberation80 art installation. Additional guidance is available in the 'activity support slides' below.

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EP3 - Liberty & Freedom - KS2 - Sculpture

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Watch, Jersey based artist, Jacque Rutter, making elegant paper sculptures of doves that will form part of a Liberation80 art installation. Additional guidance is available in the 'activity support slides' below. 
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Find out more about the pigeon and dove species in Jersey.

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Rock Dove  Feral Pigeon White doves can be found in Jersey, but they are typically not wild birds because their colour makes the highly visible to predators. White doves are often a domestic varie

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What is the UN Convention?

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the basis of all of our work. It is the most complete statement of children's rights ever produced and is the most widely-ratified international human rights treaty in history.

What makes the UN Convention so special?

The Convention has 54 articles that cover all aspects of a child's life and set out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that all children everywhere are entitled to. It also explains how adults and governments must work together to make sure all children can enjoy all their rights.

Every child has rights "without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child's or his or her parent's or legal guardian's race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status" (Article 2).

The Convention must be seen as a whole: all the rights are linked and no right is more important than another. The right to relax and play (Article 31) and the right to freedom of expression (Article 13) have equal importance as the right to be safe from violence (Article 19) and the right to education (Article 28).

We are the only organisation working for children recognised by the Convention.

The Convention is also the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world. All UN member states except for the United States have ratified the Convention. The Convention came into force in the UK in 1992.

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UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - UNICEF UK

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the basis for all of UNICEF's work and upholds children's rights all over the world.

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Photography: Sophie Darwin

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Photography: Sophie Darwin

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Photography: Sophie Darwin

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EP3 - Liberty & Freedom - KS2                                             Teaching Resource

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This resource provides teachers, curriculum links, artist references and guidance to deliver the Liberty & Freedom Workshop with their students.

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Liberty & Freedom gives Key Stage 2 and 3 a sculptural activity with curriculum connections to the UNCRC.

We invite all schools and young people to contribute their paper doves to an art installation in our Capital House gallery to mark Liberation 80.

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Gem of The Sea - - Ep3 - Key Stage 2 & 3 - Activity Support Slides

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These slides can support the delivery of your sessions and include more detailed images of sketchbook work, questions and links to key artists. It can be used in conjunction with the 'teacher resource' and supporting videos.

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Gem of The Sea - Key Stage 2 & 3 - Episode 3-3

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Join artist Bethan Watkins as she develops the earlier drawing and painting activity through collage. In this video Bethan evaluates her work and considers the different techniques explored through observation, experimentation and pastiche.

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EP2 - Guardians of the Sea - KS2 - Collage activity & evaluating your work

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Join artist Bethan Watkins as she develops the earlier drawing and painting activity through collage. In this video Bethan evaluates her work and considers the different techniques explored through observation, experimentation and pastiche. 
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Watch artist Bethan Watkins making developmental paintings, inspired by melting ice, using watercolours. She also demonstrates experimental drawing techniques, using inks, in her sketchbook.

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EP2 - Guardians of the Sea - KS2 - Drawing and developmental work

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Watch artist Bethan Watkins making developmental work inspired by melting ice using watercolours. She also demonstrates experimental  drawing techniques using ink in her sketchbook. 
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Watch, Jersey based artist, Bethan Watkins, creating experimental ephemeral art. This activity encourages students to observe and document the changing state of ice as it melts and how it reacts to salt and pigment.

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EP2 - Guardians of the Sea - KS2 - Ephemeral Art

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Watch, Jersey based artist, Bethan Watkins, creating experimental ephemeral art. This activity encourages students to observe and document the changing state of ice as it melts and how it reacts to salt and pigment.  
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EP2 - Guardians of the Sea - KS2 Activity Support Slides

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These slides can support the delivery of your sessions and include more detailed images of sketchbook work, questions and links to key artists. It can be used in conjunction with the 'teacher resource' and supporting videos.

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EP2 - Guardians of the Sea - KS2 - Teaching resource

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This resource supports educators to deliver a workshop that explores changing sea levels through observing and documenting the physical changes of ice melting. The workshop includes photography, painting, drawing and collage.

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Guardians of the Sea gives pupils in Key Stage 2 the opportunity to explore changing states of matter through an art activity that observes the physical changes of melting ice.

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Marine Mission Wetlands Event - February 2025

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Marine Mission Wetlands Event - February 2025

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Jersey Marine Conservation will be hosting an education event on February 2nd and 3rd, 2025. They will be presenting community and education events in celebration of our wetlands and Ramsar sites. The talks will take place on the Sunday evening and the schools event is during the day on Monday 3rd.

Visit the link above to find out more and book a group visit.

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MARINE MISSION WETLANDS CELEBRATION EVENING & SCHOOLS EVENT 2025

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RADISSON BLU WATERFRONT ROCCO SUITESUNDAY FEBRUARY 2nd EXHIBITION 17:30 – 18:30 & TALKS 18:30 – 20:00 MONDAY FEBRUARY 3rdSCHOOLS EVENT:09:00 -10:30/10:30-12:00/13:00-14:30Go to the …

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E1 - Water World - KS2 - Activity support slides

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Watch Jersey based artist and educator Jacque Rutter delivering tutorials to support the Water World project.

The slides contain close up video demonstrations of key activities and developmental sketchbook work.

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Seascape created by Kate Sugden

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Seascape created by Kate Sugden

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Seascape created by Kate Sugden

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Seascape create by Kate Sugden

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E1 - Water World - KS2 - Teaching Resource

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This resource supports educators to deliver an exciting workshop where students will create a multi-media abstract seascape painting over a collage relief, based on explorations of the Jersey.

It also provides artist references and cross curricular links to support the delivery of the curriculum.

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Watch Jersey based artist Lisa Troy painting onto textured surfaces to create seascapes inspired by the geography of Jersey. Additional close up footage is available in the 'activity support slides' below.

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EP1 - Water World - KS2 - Painting seascapes onto collage

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Watch Jersey based artist Lisa Troy painting onto textured surfaces to create seascapes inspired by the geography of Jersey.

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Watch, Jersey based artist, Lisa Troy making collages using salvaged materials. The composition and colour palette is inspired by seascapes and the geography of Jersey.

Additional close up footage is available in the 'activity support slides' below.

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EP1 - Water World - KS2 - Creating a collage inspired by seascapes

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Watch, Jersey based artist, Lisa Troy making collages using salvaged materials. The composition and colour palette is inspired by seascapes and the geography of Jersey. 

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Water World gives pupils in Key Stage 2 the opportunity to explore Jersey’s coastal environment, and how it is protected, through abstract multi-media artwork.

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This document provides guidance for including all pupils in art and design activities.

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Gem of the Sea contributes to the enhancement and improvement of art and design education and the wider curriculum through science, geography & PSHE.

The project resources will focus on the following areas:

● Shoreline Jersey, biodiversity and Climate change

● Children’s Rights, liberty and freedom

● Fishing and Farming

● Safety at Sea

● Emotional health & wellbeing

Each episode uses Jersey as inspiration and cross references with the work, research, data or opportunities provided by local charities and organisations working on the island.

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Artist Will Bertram creates a vibrant illustration inspired by island fortifications, emotions and messages of strength and resilience. Watch as he develops his initial ideas through drawing and mark making in his sketchbook.

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Artist Will Bertram creates a vibrant illustration inspired by island fortifications, emotions and messages of strength and resilience. Watch as he develops his initial ideas through drawing and mark making in his sketchbook. 
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We welcome your feedback on our Gem of the Sea education resources.

If you would like to celebrate the work your students have made we welcome you to share images of their art with info@arts.je .

Please check that appropriate consents are in place so that we can sahretheir work across our channel.