Art Students Discover The Wonderful World Of Weaving
This quarter art teacher Anna Boyer had her lower school students focus on the world of weaving.
“Since we come from an area rich with Gullah sweetgrass weaving and baskets,” Boyer explained, “it was great to show lower school students a basic weaving pattern. We also briefly looked at traditional Mayan weaving and textiles from Guatemala, as we were reviewing warm and cool colors for this project.”
When asked why she enjoyed teaching this unit so much, Boyer said, “I like to see students who might not gravitate towards painting or drawing get excited as they watch their woven paper strips come together to form a completed piece.”
When asked what he liked best about this project fifth grader Wyatt Campbell said, “I like weaving the pieces of paper together because it looked cool, and it was satisfying. I used blue and pink tones.”