Art

This term the Grade 1 and 2 students have been learning about art made with textiles. 

A textile is any material made of interlacing fibres. It can take a variety of forms and has many functions. No matter one's environment or situation, textiles are probably part of it. Found in clothing, furniture, bedding, carpeting, and even some car parts, textiles are everywhere!

The students have been learning about the long history of weaving, with a focus on the Tjanpi Desert Weavers from Central Australia. Tjanpi artists use native grasses to make spectacular contemporary fibre art, weaving beautiful baskets and sculptures and displaying endless creativity and inventiveness. Tjanpi embodies the energies and rhythms of Country, culture and community. 

Inspired by these artists, the students have been weaving their own baskets. The students first created a beautiful spiral pattern on the base of their basket with twine.  Using the ‘over/under’ technique they have woven their coloured raffia into the basket using warm or cool colours combined with a neutral colour. For the final touch they wove feathers into the rim of the basket. Here are some of the beautiful baskets that the students have woven: