INSPIRATION AFRICA!
Project 2
Sandhurst Junior School
WORKSHOP DAY 1 Continued
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Following on from learning about the handling collection, the children enacted 'Pai', a story from Nigeria, told by Olusola. |
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 | This featured 'Zanfa', a very handsome young man, who was to choose a wife. All of the pretty young women from the village spent their day preparing to see him, bathing in the river and prettifying themselves. There was one plain girl who was not allowed into their gang and was laughed at. Through her kindness she won the love of Zanfa in the end, showing that beauty also comes from within. |
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Finally, before lunch, the pupils were asked to describe their initial responses and thoughts about the Mende mask they had seen: | Mirrors reflect what's on the outside not on the inside Effect is not always the best No show-off will get attention Don't think you're the best Everyone's not perfect, everyone's the same |
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The pupils then wrote a combined acrostic poem using the word 'MENDE' (shown above). After lunch it was time for the introduction to the screen printing process. |
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First of all Tony showed and talked about the tools used for screen printing: the screen - a large wooden frame stretched with a fine mesh now made from polyester instead of silk; a squeegee used to scrape the ink across the screen and through the mesh; and the water-soluble printing inks that are permanent on fabric. He also gave an example of screen printing using shapes instead of stencils before the pupils drew and cut out their own shapes representing beauty. All of the pupils helped paint the banner background before placing their individual shapes over the top and screen printing their part of the 'beauty' banner. At the end of the day one of the girls wrote a beauty poem to accompany the banner on the Website. |
 | Beauty's sweet BEAUTY |
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