Kindergarden and 1st graders explored printmaking, dying, creating image transfers and collage. These are samples of some of their creations.
Kindergarden and 1st graders worked together wet felting tentacles for sea anemones. These anemone will be part of a larger collaborative effort from the entire school to create a large textile relief panel that will become a permanent installation in the school. Each anemone will be hand stitched on to hand-dyed fabric that will be painted with a tide pool scene mounted on stretcher bars.
I've recently completed work with Kindergarden and 1st grade students at North Star Elementary. We kicked off the 2010 Artist in Residence program learning about sea urchins and starfish. Students worked with air dry clay, paint, modge podge, tooth picks and beads to create three dimensional representations of these creatures.
There is still time to join Pluckyfluff's Handspun Revolution taking place in Lillehammer, Norway in May. Hurry, cause the deadline is fast approaching! You can find the details on Pluckyfluff's BLOG. Above is my submission spun from recycled cotton fabric scraps and ecospun (recycled soda bottles).
Here is the finished collaborative effort of 5th graders from North Star Elementary. I mounted their collages (made from painted muslin with dyed and printed papers and contact paper image transfers) on a quilted background. The edges of the collages were sewn with a zig zag stitch and each piece was attached to the background with beads and heavy thread. The edges of the quilted background were rolled and bound in a blanket stitch with variegated silk based yarn.
