Creative Learning Resource
The Silver of the Stars Creative Learning Resource is an online tool that uses Scotland’s most exciting contemporary collection of silver, Silver of the Stars, as the inspiration for creative learning. It has been developed in partnership with the Arts & Creative Learning team at the City of Edinburgh Council, and the content has been devised by learners and teachers. Silver of the Stars is infused with creativity – from the design and craftsmanship evident in each piece, to the careers of the stars in fashion, design, music, filmmaking and literature.
You can find all the ingredients that went into making the collection on the Creative Learning Resource website, including the original designs for each piece, photographs of the silver and the stars, films of the makers and posters from exhibitions at museums around the world.
The combination of these elements with case studies and ideas for lessons and projects, make this resource easy to use and enable a wealth of exciting creative journeys to take place.
Silver of the Stars provides rich opportunities to explore creativity across learning, not just in the expressive arts. Silver of the Stars began with the idea of a drink with a close friend. This was the catalyst for collaboration on the design and creation of silver drinking vessels. An open-ended question resulted in works of beauty that invite us to explore many ideas.
Silver of the Stars encapsulates creativity skills:
being constructively inquisitive
being open minded
able to harness imagination
able to identify and solve problems
Creativity is truly interdisciplinary as it draws together knowledge, insight and understanding in specific areas, bringing them together in a way that takes the learner to new places. The Creative Learning Resource is a growing bank of resources and inspiration for creative learning and teaching across all curriculum areas. You are welcome to use and adapt the ideas to suit your own context. Please share with us anything you have done that has been successful – particularly where learners’ creativity skills have been developed. Most of all we hope you enjoy Silver of the Stars and the creativity it inspires.
Irn Brun sketch by John Creed
Teapot Sketch by Sarah Hutchison
Quaich Sketch by Michael Lloyd
