After creating a drawing of a mythical creature using at least three characteristics of living creatures, let's create a fabric story of this creature. Using felt squares and fabric scraps collage a picture of your creature to tell a fabric story.
Inspiration We look to two examples of how stories can be told through fabric. The Unicorn Tapestries (1495-1505), Metropolitan Museum of art. In tapestry threads are woven to make the structure and picture. Faith Ringgold 1930- Ringgold is an American painter, writer, mixed media sculptor and performance artist, best known for her narrative quilts. Her artistic practice is extremely varied – from painting to quilts, from sculptures and performance art to children's books. As an educator, she taught in both the New York City Public school system and at college level. In 1973, she quit teaching public school to devote herself to creating art full-time. In her work of the story quilts we see that fabric is sewn together to make the structure.
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We begin our school year reading The Dot by Peter Reynolds. We learn that even though we may not feel confident, just starting with one mark, a tiny dot may be just what we need to get us started on the way to creativity. In this project we start with a square piece of tag/chip board. Students will create a design and make their mark with paint, markers, crayon. This will become the background for our dot stitching project. Once the background is painted holes are punched into the chip board ( I used a nail and hammer and tapped it twice). Then using a tapestry needle threaded with yarn students stitch the dots making a circle, filling in the circumference (the shape of the circle) and after the shape of the circle is made sew diagonally across the circle shape (diameter). Fill in your dot with as much of the diagonals you like. You made marks and you made a dot just like Vashti! Materials Chip/Tag board Paint/markers/crayons Brush Water cup Yarn Scissors Tapestry needle Drill or hammer and nail ![]() Inspiration Gabriel Dawe is a Mexican-born artist living in Dallas, Texas whose work is based on exploration of the visible spectrum of light (rainbow). He has gained recognition for his large-scale Plexus series of installations of sewing thread. He also creates works on paper as well as other media. https://www.instagram.com/gabrieldawe/?utm_source=ig_embed Link to the Video of Mrs. Buss reading The Dot by Peter Reynolds, making her mark, and stitching her Dot:
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AuthorI have a passion for the visual arts and love sharing it with others. I have enjoyed teaching all ages and love to incorporate art history and traditional disciplines as well as innovative ideas. Art is vital to who I am as a creator and educator. Archives
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