Saturday, December 12, 2015

Weaving and Printing African Textiles

Greta's Kente Design

Anabelle's Kente Design

Sophia's Kente Design
Kindergarten students in 103 and 104 have gone to Ghana this week through art and literature.  They read about Anansi the Spider, and they have learned about Ashanti culture through their art and folktales.  In art class, we compared weaving and stamping.  We looked at kente cloth designs as well as Adinkra prints.  Students tried both!  They will wear their Adinkra creations next week in a multi-cultural fashion show. 
I made stamps from craft foam and cardboard, using scissors and a glue gun.
Kindergarten Adinkra Print Robes (printed on pillow cases)
Alexa and Grady work to weave patterns in their kente drawings.

Jillian works to create line and shape patterns using colors she observed in images of kente cloth.
Stephen and Arianna print with Adinkra stamps.

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