Art 

The year 1 and 2 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 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 wool into the basket using warm or cool colours, ensuring that they did not miss any ‘neighbours’ or ‘go across the street’. For the final touch they have woven ribbon and pom poms along the rim of the basket to complement the colours they have woven with. 

Here are some students proudly displaying their baskets and a beautiful display of the baskets in the Art Room: