PROJECTS by Somewhere Studios
The projects are available to make on site here at Somewhere Studios where guidance is available. Bookings required.
Each project has a varying degree of difficulty. Download the Photoshop and Photography Skill Levels to assess your own skill level.
Each project has a varying degree of difficulty. Download the Photoshop and Photography Skill Levels to assess your own skill level.
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3D Photography

Level 1 media skills
6 yo +
1+ hours
This project shows you how to make your own 3D Photograph and glasses to view it with!
Cameo Silhouettes
Level 1 media skills
5 yo +
1+ hours
5 yo +
1+ hours
Image Transfers

Level 1 media skills
5 yo +
1+ hours
Learn how to transfer images from prints and photocopies to material such as wood, metal and other materials.
Split Pin Animations

Level 2 media skills
6 yo +
1+ hours
Create animated characters using split pins for your animation based kits.
6 yo +
1+ hours
Create animated characters using split pins for your animation based kits.
Learning benefits include:
• Photography • Photoshop • Motor skills • Creative thinking • Visual literacy • History/science/arts • Computer literacy • Reading instructions |
• Problem solving
• Decision making • Patience • Initiative and enterprise • Planning and organising • Self management |
Concertinaed Book

Level 1 media skills
10 yo +
2+ hours
A very special way to compile memories for yourself or as a gift to someone special.
10 yo +
2+ hours
A very special way to compile memories for yourself or as a gift to someone special.
Learning benefits include:
• Photography • Photoshop • Motor skills • Creative thinking • Visual literacy • History/science/arts • Computer literacy • Reading instructions |
• Problem solving
• Decision making • Patience • Initiative and enterprise • Planning and organising • Self management |
Coptograph - Portrait Stencil

Level 3 media skills
12 yo +
1+ hours
The coptograph derived from the art of silhouette-making, or scissor cuts. Long before the
concept of a negative existed in photography, the Coptograph used ‘negative’ cut-out figures
that created enlarged projections of their shadows as a positive image.
Popular around 1820
ACMI/Hayward Gallery 2006
12 yo +
1+ hours
The coptograph derived from the art of silhouette-making, or scissor cuts. Long before the
concept of a negative existed in photography, the Coptograph used ‘negative’ cut-out figures
that created enlarged projections of their shadows as a positive image.
Popular around 1820
ACMI/Hayward Gallery 2006
Learning benefits include:
• Photography • Photoshop • Motor skills • Creative thinking • Visual literacy • History/science/arts • Computer literacy • Reading instructions |
• Problem solving
• Decision making • Patience • Initiative and enterprise • Planning and organising • Self management |
Rotorelief

Level 1 media skills
10 yo +
1+ hours
Rotor Reliefs are painted disks which are displayed while rotating, generating the illusion of
three-dimensional dynamic objects. Marcel Duchamp created original optical illusion machines
during the 1920s.
ACMI/Hayward Gallery 2006
10 yo +
1+ hours
Rotor Reliefs are painted disks which are displayed while rotating, generating the illusion of
three-dimensional dynamic objects. Marcel Duchamp created original optical illusion machines
during the 1920s.
ACMI/Hayward Gallery 2006
Learning benefits include:
• Photography • Photoshop • Motor skills • Creative thinking • Visual literacy • History/science/arts • Computer literacy • Reading instructions |
• Problem solving
• Decision making • Patience • Initiative and enterprise • Planning and organising • Self management |
Woven Photo

Level 1 media skills
10 yo +
2+ hours
A crazy idea I had one day but actually looks wonderful and adds another dimension to your photograph.
10 yo +
2+ hours
A crazy idea I had one day but actually looks wonderful and adds another dimension to your photograph.
Learning benefits include:
• Photography • Photoshop • Motor skills • Creative thinking • Visual literacy • History/science/arts • Computer literacy • Reading instructions |
• Problem solving
• Decision making • Patience • Initiative and enterprise • Planning and organising • Self management |
Photo Tole

Level 1 media skills
10 yo +
1+ hours
An old art form where you build up an image to create a 3D effect that protrudes out. Can look so amazing.
10 yo +
1+ hours
An old art form where you build up an image to create a 3D effect that protrudes out. Can look so amazing.
Learning benefits include:
• Photography • Photoshop • Motor skills • Creative thinking • Visual literacy • History/science/arts • Computer literacy • Reading instructions |
• Problem solving
• Decision making • Patience • Initiative and enterprise • Planning and organising • Self management |
JArt - Jar Art

Level 1 media skill
5 yo +
1+ hours
We have numerous ways of making art from old jars. Be creative!
5 yo +
1+ hours
We have numerous ways of making art from old jars. Be creative!
Learning benefits include:
• Photography • Photoshop • Motor skills • Creative thinking • Visual literacy • History/science/arts • Computer literacy • Reading instructions |
• Problem solving
• Decision making • Patience • Initiative and enterprise • Planning and organising • Self management |
Paste-Up

Level 1 media skills
10+
1+ hours
This paste-up was done as part of a road safety awareness project I did with young people from NMIT in West Heidelberg. It is very confronting but this kind of installation can be re-invented in numerous ways.
10+
1+ hours
This paste-up was done as part of a road safety awareness project I did with young people from NMIT in West Heidelberg. It is very confronting but this kind of installation can be re-invented in numerous ways.
Learning benefits include:
• Photography • Photoshop • Motor skills • Creative thinking • Visual literacy • History/science/arts • Computer literacy • Reading instructions |
• Problem solving
• Decision making • Patience • Initiative and enterprise • Planning and organising • Self management |
Thaumatrope

Level 2 media skills
10yo +
1+ hours
Thaumatrope
Also known in German as Wunderdreher - ‘turning wonder’or ‘wonder disc’, the toy relies on
the principle of the afterimage, or persistance of vision. A different picture is applied to either side
to which two cords are attached. When the disc is rotated at speed, the two images are
superimposed on each other.
1825
ACMI/Hayward Gallery 2006
10yo +
1+ hours
Thaumatrope
Also known in German as Wunderdreher - ‘turning wonder’or ‘wonder disc’, the toy relies on
the principle of the afterimage, or persistance of vision. A different picture is applied to either side
to which two cords are attached. When the disc is rotated at speed, the two images are
superimposed on each other.
1825
ACMI/Hayward Gallery 2006
Learning benefits include:
• Photography • Photoshop • Motor skills • Creative thinking • Visual literacy • History/science/arts • Computer literacy • Reading instructions |
• Problem solving
• Decision making • Patience • Initiative and enterprise • Planning and organising • Self management |