catching up

Today's post is catching up with some photos from things I described in previous posts...beginning with...paper weaving... ...primates glued pictures they chose from our applepicking trip. Some chose pics of themselves, others chose friends. They glued the pics to paper and then cut them into strips. They weaved the picture strips with other blank strips, (the weft). I also encouraged primates to be creative in their use of lines as they cut the "warp" of their weaving mats--curvy, jagged, straight, diagonal, etc

One of our curriculum themes this year is "seasons", so I am "weaving" that into this project by using pictures from our fall applepicking trip, and next I will ask primates to use words and/or pictures that represent fall to fill in 5-7 blank squares. In these images (below) you can see differences in the warp lines (darker colors), and also placement of photo strips for the weft. Most primates tried to reassemble their photos rather than going for a more Picasso-like image--although a few turned out Picasso-ish--not pictured. I'm not sure those were purposeful, as opposed to just more concentration by the primate on the act of weaving and less on design.

The Turban Squash (from painting primates post, November)Watercolor interpretations of the Turban Squash...