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Today we were able to get the first wax on our prayer flags and then give them our first dye. We started with a blue, yellow and fuchsia dye. Local artist, Karen Clark teaches Batik, which is the art of using wax resist and dye to decorate fabric. The art of batik has been practiced for centuries all over in the world, predominately in Asia and Africa. The lesson began with Karen sharing some of her work. Students will be creating prayer flags similar to the flags hanging in Tibet. "A prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Prayer flags are believed to have originated with Bon, which predated Buddhism in Tibet." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_flag Days 2 - 5 went by so quickly. We were busy cutting, pasting, and finally printing. The next post will have a slideshow of our final work. This slideshow is the process we followed throughout the week. On Day 1 we looked at the history of printmaking and then looked at what our project was going to be about. We took photos around Flin Flon and used them for our theme. We then began to draw the beginnings of our prints. Here is the link to our lesson plan.
Printmaking artist, Karen Cornelius will be coming to the school and teaching printmaking skills. We are looking forward to creating strong colourful images with a theme. This is the link to Karen's website to view some of her work.
Now that the mural is completed students were asked to do a follow up project and paint ceiling tiles. They were expected to follow the same procedures as we did for the mural. Here are some finished pieces: On Day 4 the text was placed onto the mural and was painted into the rocks. Reece took great care to make the letters appear like they were part of the landscape. The mural was really coming together. We decided to add the Cree word for Many Faces on the bottom. On Day 5 the mural was completed with the help of Mrs. Clark! The following week it was installed into the Many Faces gym and the students were really impressed by the work created when it was revealed in the Spring Art Show. Day 3 it was so beautiful outside that it was very difficult to stay in to paint. We stuck to our guns though and worked at a lot of fine tuning. The animals were painted in and the letters at the bottom of the mural were sketched in. The spirit wheel was painted and some of the landscapes are beginning to appear. |
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