Woven Tree Wall Hanging As part of Grade 1's weaving unit we will be making this Spring Tree wall hanging. This is also a good project in the Fall using autumn colors. As a child I remember a macrame version of these trees on a metal hoop but I could not find the instructions anywhere for the life of me so I came up with this version for the students. Another reason why this project works well during the Spring and Fall seasons is that this is when you are pruning your trees and bushes. Form a circular loop and tuck the ends in to hold the shape. Now you could also do a nice weaving on the willow hoop like this. For the tree I used wool roving...it works especially well at the top of the weaving where it is rounded...you then could add other materials in like bulky yarn or other natural fibers. Now I dye my wool using kool aid or at this time of the year you can use easter egg dye. When you use Kool aid you'll find all the dye gets absorbed into the wool and you're left with clear water in the jar. Tie a knot.
Artistic Pursuits, art curriculum for homeschool and independent study Nature Crafts for Kids Weaving, Free Nature Crafts from found objects Inspired but nature. All you do now is look for interesting things to weave in-between the twine, try anything; twigs, leaves, feathers whatever you find. We live close to the beach so when I do this activity with Ben, Dan and their friends we use anything we find on the shore; seaweed, bits of old string, sometimes a bit of manmade stuff, it's all part of the fun of using whatever's around you. Thread whatever you find through the warp threads. Of course you can experiment with different sized weaving boards as well. utilise all that you can find This activity is a good introduction to weaving. We have taken it further and made some woven fabrics.
Pineapple Paintbrush: Shop Class PDFs The Intro to Art Class PDF includes 57 pages of pictures and step-by-step instructions of all the online class projects, printable worksheets, plus BONUS projects. You can purchase the PDF for $15 and you are allowed to make 3 copies for each PDF that you buy. They would make great gifts for children, friends, teachers, family members, neighbors and more. Here is some more specific information about the PDF: It is the Intro to Art Class geared for 4 - 6 year olds It is 57 pages long The class focuses on 4 of the basic elements of art: colors, lines, shapes and textures The projects allow for a lot of freedom of expression and experimentation with art materials The PDF includes the pictures and step-by-step instructions for 35 art projects It also includes worksheets, compare and contrast activities and 4 art history lessons and projects that go along with those lessons The class is a lot of fun and with my easy instructions ANYONE can teach art to their children
Moebius (Möbius) strip in art and culture | Imaging and a little bit of OSS In 1858, two German mathematicians, August Ferdinand Möbius and Johann Benedict Listing, independently discovered what is popularly known as the Möbius strip. The characteristic feature of Möbius strip is that it is a surface with single side. In its most simplest form a Moebius strip can be constructed out a a strip of paper which is twisted halfway and the ends joined together. If one were to start tracing a surface, by the time they complete one trace they find that they are tracing the opposite side of the paper than the one from which they started. Basic Moebius strip (twisted ribbon) A Mobius strip can be expressed mathematically in several diffferent forms. x(u,v) = cos(u) + v*cos(u/2)*cos(u) y(u,v) = sin(u) + v*cos(u/2)*sin(u) z(u,v) = v * sin(u/2) Default values for u and v: u = [0, 2π] for one complete loop;, v = [-0.4, 0.4] An equation for constructing a Moebius Strip using Matlab can be found at the Univesity of Stutgart’s mathematic department – Matlab code repository. M. M.
Inspired by Nature Anatomy & Book Give-Away How many times have you done a lesson on a butterfly and your second graders know more about butterfly anatomy than you do? I used to struggle to remember whether the body was called a thorax or abdomen. I fear no longer. This book is your side-pocket secret to enhancing any art project. Want to name the insects in this bug drawing project? This book will help. Doing a Homer Seascape and need the names of cloud formations? You see, what I love most about Julia Rothman’s Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of the Natural World is that it helps you sound you a wee bit smarter than what you really are. I’m no stranger to Rothamn’s books. (You’ll have a chance to win a copy of this book, so stick around to the end of this post to see who to enter…) Art Projects inspired by Nature Anatomy… I have two quick and easy projects to show you that were inspired by a few pages in the book. Faber-Castell’s pencils are so much better. For the brush, I used Royal Langnickle’s Aqua Flow brush.
7 Artists Who Create Magical, Miniature Worlds | Co. Design For as long as there’s been art, there’s also been really, really tiny art. Yet miniatures are usually relegated to a tiny corner in a museum (pun intended). Which is exactly what makes Otherworldly, a current exhibition at New York’s Museum of Arts and Design, so wondrous: This just might be the largest exhibition of miniature contemporary art ever assembled, featuring 37 artists. One of the strangest facets of seeing the show is how durable the appeal of miniatures really is. And you have to see these in person, because a weird thing happens when you look at something familiar that’s also really, really small. Maybe you’ll feel the same?
Paper Fashion Linus makes things out of paper, things like costumes, animal heads and bodily fluids. These things will amaze you. via Upon a Fold the quick little bunny tutorial I really wanted to make the sock bunny that Heidi (from My Paper Crane) created, but I didn’t have any of those fantastic red and brown monkey socks. What I do have is baby socks: tons of cute, mismatched, totally useless, never stay on baby socks. Now that my littlest is very much not an infant and too soon will be a toddler it seems kind of silly to keep all those teeny tiny socks. So I made a bunny out of them. And a tutorial too. This is indeed a quick little bunny. Materials: baby socka handful of stuffingheavy duty threadscissors Make that bunny: Before you start sewing take second to look at the sock you have. the body: Take some stuffing and stuff the foot part of the sock–not too tight! the tail: On the top of the bunny’s back, sew a circle about an inch in diameter with a simple running stitch. the head: To make the head, put a little stuffing inside the sock and sew a running stitch around the top of the heel. the ears: Cut a big V shape out of the top of the sock. The attitude: