Ceramics students visit Horniman Museum

On Wednesday 14th October 54 of our ceramics students from years 10-13 travelled to the Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, South London for a day’s study visit to inspire their future creative work.

Founded by the Victorian tea trader Frederick Horniman in 1901, the museum is arranged over three floors and includes an Aquarium, Natural History Gallery, Africa Worlds Gallery and Music Gallery. As it is less crowded and on a smaller scale than the large central London museums, the girls were able to analyse, take photographs and draw the exhibits in a more intimate and purposeful way without distraction.

The girls found the trip thought-provoking and inspiring and returned to school itching to get back in the studio to put their new creative ideas into practice.