I was sick!

I got the cough that has been going around and had to cancel my Wednesday class.  Sorry if I messed up schedules!  Hope everyone has a great and sunny weekend!  See you next week.

Below is a picture of a magnetic whale that Noah made during a class last week!

Kimono

Naomi created this amazing kimono!  First, we drew the flowers, rainbow pattern and stars onto the white silk.  Because there is a front and back to a kimono, we layered two piece of fabric ontop of each other.  After we were finished drawing, Naomi picked her color palette of reds, oranges and yellows.  We mixed the dye and then started painting onto the silk.  To create texture, we sprinkled salt onto the wet dye.  The next week, we wrapped the fabric in paper and stuck it in the microwave for 3 minutes.  Fabric dye needs steam for it to fix to the fabric, so we put a small glass of water in the microwave with the fabric.  Then we went outside washed the fabric and then stuck it in the dryer.  After it was dry we drew a pattern and started cutting the fabric.  Luckily, Naomi is an excellent seamstress and did most of the work by herself!!!

Around the World Class goes to Eygpt…

During our Around the World art class on Monday, we started off by creating our own alphabet similar to the hieroglyphics from Eygpt.

Once we were finished with our alphabet, we started to work on our sarcophagus.   To make our sarcophagus, we used cardboard and tin foil. We used our secret alphabet to write messages.  Then we painted patterens on the sarcophagus to make it beautiful and more interesting.   After the paint was dry we drew background pictures of Eygpt.  Naomi had just studied Eygpt, so her drawing includes the Nile River.

Made from what?

This creature was made from natural materials that we found on a walk around the neighborhood.  From the picture it’s hard to tell, but the creature has a body made of two large leaves, fingers made of leaves and petals, a neck made of a twig and a belly button made from a small green tomato!  We pasted this all onto a large piece of fabric and then drew the background details on with a marker!