On May 5th, Japanesse society celebrate’s children day hanging carp kites from windows and balconies. The carp is a character that fights a powerful dragon in a story. Like the carp, children have to be strong to be succesful in life.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of salt
1/2 cup of water
1 cup of flour
Procedure:
Add the 1/2 cup of salt and 1 cup of flour to a bowl, and stir in the water adding it slowly. You may not need all of the water. You want the dough to be dry. If it gets sticky add more flour. Knead the dough and then roll out and use as you want.
Once you have made the shapes you want then you need to dry them so you can paint them.. Traditionally salt dough is dried in the oven which takes about 3 hours at a low heat so they don’t burn. But instead, you can swap your oven for a microwave and zap them for 3 mins.
The students in Gimenells have made a big world map to decorate our class. One piece each.
Our future projects will be inspired by cultures around the world.
For the next project, for example, we found inspiration in Italy…
It’s Carnival time!
We look for inspiration in Venice, and its wonderful masks, to construct a plaster mask. But first, let’s watch this video about a Venetian craftsman:
Hello!
Our Art students have been working in a personal Artbook during this past term. They presented it in English in class to their freinds and teacher, and we enjoyed a lot of wonderful works of art with different styles and techniques. Here you can see a small selection from Gimenells students:
We have started a new school year learning ART in English in our ZER, and the second project (our Artbook being the first) is about drawing and silouetting the human face. How about a little game to present our SILOUETTES?
