I had a great time today robot-making with a select bunch of artists in Dorchester. We had a lot of fun making these and deciding what they did and how they worked. I even had time to make my own . . . 😁 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd #robots #artworkshop #artist #sculpture

Another very busy, art-filled day at Lyme Regis Museum completed. Is there a 'collective noun' for Plesiosaurs? There should be . . . a 'parade of Plesiosaurs' is my shout, look at these beauties. 😮😁 We've had well over 100 children take part today. www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd #art

A lesson in life . . . from today’s workshop at the museum. 😆😆😆 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd

Well, I'm back at the glorious Lyme Regis Museum today for another full-on day of Jurassic Art! 😮 We're making 'Paper Plate Plesiosaurs' and I'll be perfecting that tongue twister all day. 😆 If you're around, come and join in. 👍🙂 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd #artworkshop #museum

If you're on Instagram, I'm over there too. I think it's easier to scroll through visual posts, so if you want to catch up on some recent projects and ideas, have a look. 🙂 I'm here . . . ➡️ www.instagram.com/darrellwakel...

I made little cardboard figures a couple of weeks ago and the kids were convinced that the one I'd made as an example looked just like me. 😂 Oh god, does it? 🤣 Be kind 😏 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd

"The creative adult is the child who survived." is a favourite quote of mine by Ursula K. Le Guin. If you want creative people in the world, then you have to value & support creative subjects in school. Every career begins with an opportunity. www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd

Another day, another museum, this time, my local @LymeRegisMuseum where we’ll be making ‘fossil fish’ 😮😁 If you are around pop in, feel free to bring ice cream. 😁 #WhatSummerHoilday 😆 #edusky #UKEd

I always get to places early. 🙄 So, I’m sitting outside the museum in the shade, with a hot chocolate 😉 and waiting for a whole day of art to begin. I do appreciate how lucky I am to make a living from just my creativity. Breathing it in. 🙂👍 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd

I’ve had a very busy day of ‘elephant making’ up at the Market Hall Museum in Warwick, we made about 50 today! Back again tomorrow for round two. 😮 darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd

Well, it's back to work for me tomorrow! I'm up at the Market Hall Museum in Warwick, where one paper plate will become a baby elephant! 😮 If you're around, come and join me for some art alchemy. darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd #artworkshop #art

For the first time, I got a reply the other day (about the ship) saying "I'll be very disappointed if this is AI." . . . this is how it begins. There are already highly followed accounts on Instagram sharing similar work that's 'suggested' and created digitally in seconds. #edusky #UKEd

Another academic year over, that's 36 years and counting for me! You'll see lots of creative people online, but how many have worked face-to-face with over a quarter of a million children? 😮 Of all the things I love making, a smile still comes top of the list. 🙂 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd

There's no excuse for boredom during the Summer holidays . . . "go and get Darrell's book off the shelf and fetch your scissors." 😆👍 You know it makes sense . . . A R T S H A P E D ➡️ www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Shaped-s... #edusky #UKEd #art #crafts #artbook #craftbook #sculpture

So, as the 2025/26 academic year comes to a close, I get to reflect on all of the marvellous projects I've had the pleasure to devise and deliver to schools across the country. You might recognise some of these, last September, none of this work existed . . . www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd

Sometimes, the summer holidays mean that kids can spend even more time doing things that they love. I wonder who this is on the right doing art at their local library. 😁 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd

. . . I even had the time to finish off the mask I'd made as a demo piece, which hardly ever happens. Where do I find the energy? I'll explain tomorrow, goodnight. 😆

I spent the last two days of this school year in Kingsbridge in Devon, where the kids take part in 'challenge week'. My group used a variety of world-masks as the inspiration for some 3D making, coming up with a really diverse range of outcomes. 🙂 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd

At the start of this week I was over at Potters Gate Primary School in Surrey, where the Year 6 classes worked as teams to create these 'big-cats' . . . and fearsome they most certainly are. 😮 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd #sculpture #blueskyart #blueskyartshow

A few weeks back, I met up with this old friend. Made about 25 years ago, it’s sat in this school’s lobby ever since, watching other art projects come and go. The kids who worked on this will mostly be parents themselves now. I wonder if they make stuff with their children? 🙂 #edusky #UKEd

"Cross me, and I'll feed you to the crocodilia" 😆

I always love the photos of Sir Richard Owen (scientist who coined the term ‘Dinosaur’), he always looks like he’d kill you in a heartbeat. 😬😆

I've been to the tiny (but lovely) St. Mary's Catholic Primary School in Dorset today, where every child has worked on this large scale 'Bee' display. 😁 🐝 How do I do this, with every kid, in one day? . . . like this. www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd #blueskyartshow #blueskyart #sculpture

Really kind of this head teacher to take the time out to send this email, especially at one of the busiest times of the year. I think she was pleased with the work. 🙂 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd

Thanks Isobel. 😁 I got inspired the last time I did an Egyptian project and made these afterwards. All just toilet roll tubes. 😮

Today's workshop was online, to Thatto Heath Primary, where Yr 3 wanted help making Ancient Egyptian Gods. I showed them a few simple techniques, and shared some of my more elaborate models to inspire them. "Even when we can't get there, our ideas still can." www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky

I've been over at West Moors Middle School today, where groups of kids from Years 5, 6, 7, and 8 have created this large display piece. West Moors is a 'Rights Respecting School', and the kids were definitely respectful, kind, and helpful today. 🙂👍 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd #blueskyart

I spent an hour with the Reception kids at Wiveliscombe Primary today. They each made an insect, which they’ll paint tomorrow. As well as ‘art’, we talked about insect anatomy, biology, symmetry, even numbers, amber fossils, flying. 😮 Art helps to make learning memorable. 🙂 #edusky #UKEd

I've had a great couple of days over at Ilchester Primary School where the KS2 kids have all worked together to make their four school team mascots, Dragon, Unicorn, Griffin, & Wyvern. 🙂 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd #art #artist #blueskyart #blueskyartshow

I love getting photos back from schools. Here are some of the lovely Year 2 kids from Purbrook Infants School, who I worked with a few weeks ago. I always make my own examples and demo techniques like this, it means I don't need to step in and take over their work. 🙂 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky