During the week of June 27 to July 1 Weaving Connections partnered with The Hunterdon Art Museum www.hunterdonartmuseum.org to create a fun filled week of SAORI weaving and Repurposed Art. Our art making was inspired by the essential question, " How can we live within the means of nature? To explore this topic the students discussed their favorite parts of nature, shared ideas about how they can protect and preserve what they love in nature, and explored their thoughts on waste management. We enjoyed the work of classic children's authors including Eric Carl, Frank Asch, Lois Ehlert, Dennis Fleming and Leo Leonni. In the spirit of the storytelling tradition we retold folk tales including the Parrot and the Cat, Sunman and Elephant's Surprise. By the weeks end, each student used their acquired knowledge about sustainability to explore creative movement, create prints, emblems, SAORI bracelets, nature wands and capes all promoting their personal message to protect and preserve the planet we share.
Exploring Creative Movement During Morning Circle
Check Out Our Process
Making Prints on Repurposed Material with Recycled Objects
SAORI Weaving with Eve
Everyday the students collected the trash from snack time. We asked each other "Where does the garbage go?" and we graphed how much packaging each snack has. The #1 NO package snacks were apples, bananas and water in reusable water bottles.
By day three a student brought blueberries in a covered cup rather than a plastic zip lock bag.
Creating Cape Emblems On Paper
Using the iron to transfer drawn emblem onto repurposed fabric.
Preparing To Embroider Emblems
Cutting Out Emblems
All Pinned Down and Ready To Sew
We used repurposed yarn and material to create SAORI bracelets.
Stuffing and Stitching our Nature Wands made from Repurposed Material
Pressing The Sewing Machine Peddle
Some Of Our Finished Work
My appreciation to everyone for co-creating an amazing week!
"I teach my children, you know my dolls, to reuse. And my children will always help the animals because that is what I do." Alice age 4
If the earth is sad when the trash goes into a landfill, what can we do to help make less trash?
"We can shoot the trash into space." Ted age 4
"We need to use less, like when Matthew brought his blueberries in a reusable cup." Katherine age 5
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