Year 5 had an opportunity to meet Fiona Hawthorne, a local artist. She took the website team out for a walk to show them her artworks in North Kensington. This included a project called ‘project ramp’, on the ramp next to the block of flats on Wornington Green.
These photos are showing students admiring Fiona’s artwork.
It was decided by the community to change the boring, old red ramp into something brighter and more lively. Fiona was chosen to display her artwork on the ramp. She was honoured. Occasionally, her art is made by computer (like this ramp was) because she only has a small studio. She started to work with a computer when her children were born. She had to start working around them and she couldn’t use paint when they were next to her for many reasons.
Fiona had a choice to change the ramp into anything she wanted to and, in particular, she wanted her artwork to reflect the community in North Kensington. Therefore, to help assemble this piece of artwork, Fiona included photographs donated by the local residents and art made by the children at a local school. Her ideas came from the shapes of the buildings in the local area because she wanted to celebrate them as they might be demolished in the future. Fiona took photographs of anything she found interesting and play around with it on the computer.
After Fiona had completed the project, the residents were delighted with the change. It is going to stay up for ten whole years.
The Kensington Creatives 
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