At last! Every child has their printmaking plate ready to go. There is no swimming lessons, or sport's events or any other excursions - that I know of! (There's NAPLAN but fortunately not too many class changes as a result!)
First we explored taking a line for a walk (Paul Klee style) then made up 'rules' for taking our lines for a walk creating patterns that were then used to create designs for printmaking. You can see in Megs visual diary the process we have been through to develop our printmaking plates.
But now I have to go to a meeting to address some changes that need to happen in our school! Fortunately for me the Emily, the lovely lady stepping in to take my class on Monday is also a friend and was able to pop into the Art studio today (Saturday) and I could give her a quick printmaking tutorial - to give her some tips and clearly show her what we are working on. Thanks Emily!
At the same time I did a few colour tests for the children to see how the colours they have chosen will go together.
I also made up two examples so they could see that their work could be repeated by simply sliding their design ...
OR by rotating the design.
Same printmaking plate - two very different designs.
These pieces of fabric will be decorated using embroidery stitches then transformed into anything the children want to make. I have said I want to see them print on fabric and use threads to decorate the surface of their work other than that it is up to them. Some children will be making pencil cases - if they are new to the school or have lost the ones they have made last year. Others will be making drawstring bags or cushions. One boy suggested coasters to go under hot drinks on the table, another has bought in a T-shirt so he can stitch his finished piece to the front of that.
I'm looking forward to seeing what they all come up with!
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