INSPIRATION AFRICA!
Project 12
St. John Rigby RC College
ARTWORK/SCREEN PRINTING
Tony showed a tree shape that he had bound with strips of printed fabric and explained that the shape symbolised one of his own beliefs - a belief in both growth and development.
This was followed by a demonstration of how the 3 dimensional shape of this mumified symbol was created by using cardboard, newspaper and masking tape.
Tony then asked them to review their list of 7 beliefs (written on the introduction day), select one that best represented themselves and then start to create their own mummified symbol of it.
The pupils started making their shapes.
Pupils were also shown how to mono-print directly onto fabric using sheets of acetate and plastic. These printed pieces, when dry, would be torn into strips and soaked in PVA ready to be wrapped around their padded carboard shape.
Once completed each item was labelled in the same way as the items in the handling collection had been carefully itemised and recorded. Pupils wrote what the object was thought to represent and dated it from the late 20th to ealy 21st Century.
When the mummified objects were completed the class began work on their final piece - a hieroglyphic banner.
Using a mixture of the original Egyptians symbols and their own symbolic shapes they created a piece intended to convey the diverse range of beliefs held within the class communicated in a symbolic writing that could be understood by all.
Cloth of Gold artist, Sarah Mangan, came in for the day to help print the banner.
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