Fourth graders are completing a unit on art from Mexico and Central America. We looked at Aztec suns and Native American moon designs for our inspiration on the circle weavings. We chose a color scheme for our sun or moon - warm, cool, neutral, analogous, monochromatic - and began our weaving on our paper looms. For the background, we chose a day or night sky and filled the page with paper mosaic pieces.
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| A template is very helpful for making your loom correctly, with an odd number of slits |
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| a cool, analogous color scheme |
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| a warm, analogous color scheme |
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| beginning the mosaic for a bright sun |
Beautiful art work.
ReplyDeleteI love the colors and patterns.
I will have to try this project.
How many sessions did you use for this project?
We have 45 minute classes, so it breaks down like this: day 1 - powerpoint intro, cutting paper looms, designing the face; day 2 - weaving (most finished in one session); day 3 - finishing up weaving, start mosaic; day 4 - completing mosaic, most finished in first half of class.
ReplyDeleteI could have spent longer on this, but there are so many standards to pack in, I rarely spend more than 3 sessions on anything.
I suspected you needed more than one session.
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautiful project. I did like how you connected the history lesson with colors schemes, patterns and weaving.
Is the "loom" a paper plate or maybe card stock? What did you use for the mosaic base? thanks for sharing your great ideas!
ReplyDeleteit's actually all construction paper... the loom, the base, everything but the yarn.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen circle weaving done this way. Nice, thanks!
ReplyDeleteAngie, I did the paper plate one with the string warp one year and they turned out nicely in the end, but a HUGE pain starting out - the warp string was really difficult to do without knotting and tangling and it set a bad mood for the rest of the project. This was so much simpler.
ReplyDeleteHow small was the inner circle...how large was the outer circle?
ReplyDeleteI made the outer circle 8", so the pattern would fit on a standard copy sheet. The inner circle is about 3 1/4".
DeleteWould you mind sending me the template? We are studying Mexico and this would be a great addition to our crafts. deerobeano@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteHi Deanna - unfortunately I don't have a digital template to send you or I would be happy to. It's a very easy template to make if you copy the one in the pic above. I traced a large circle on a sheet of copy paper with 11 (or any odd number) slits. Good luck to you!
DeleteHow do kids start the weaving? With a knot and then every other one?
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