We have been finding out about the culture of some of the people who live in the Arctic.
Drawing birds in the style of Inuit artists
by Hermione and Leah
Making a model Inukshuk
Making a
model InukShuk was fun but challenging because you had to get the layers of plasticine
to stick together to make it look like layers of stones. You had to make the
slabs flat otherwise the model collapsed and you had to start again. We had to
try and make the pieces proportionate like the arms couldn’t be too big or the
head to small. Eventually we managed to fix the model so it could stand up on
its own.
By Archie & Kavan
Making clay model sculptures by Maeson and Charlie
Inuit Picture Printing
First we got a very sharp
pencil and started tracing around the pictures quite hard onto the circular
polystyrene surface. Then we got some ink and put it on an ice cream lids, then
we rolled the roller on it. Then we rolled it over the polystyrene but you
can’t do it to hard or the picture would disappear. When we had done we put a
big piece of paper over it and we used the palm of our hand to make the paper
stick to it. We continued this for about 4 minutes. Then someone had to hold
the polystyrene and the other had to peel the paper off. Then we had beautiful
pictures.
By Jenna & Noah
We also had a look at things that the children in Igloolik, Nunavut sent to Glaitness School. We discussed why they chose these things and had a look at their drawings and books in Inuktitut. You can read in the comments below what we would choose to send in a box to Igloolik, if we had the chance, and why we would send them. It was interesting to think about what we would like to see or look at or do if we could visit, and what we would show them if they were able to visit us in Orkney.
We enjoyed making the models in art and in class and it was very informing learning about how to make a model out of clay and how to form it and make the details. We also had fun making the ink prints with Inuit art. It was a bit of a challenge to make the inukshuk out of Plasticine. Ellen, Abi and Anna
ReplyDeleteIt was fun and cool to print and make clay models. Callum Fraser
ReplyDeleteIt was very fun making the Inuit clay models,when we drew the bird drawings it was very interesting seeing all the different birds. When we were finding about the inukshuk we thought about how it was kind of the same as the ring of brodgar because there both made from stone and there built kind of the same.
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Dan made me laugh a lot when we were using the ink to make the print, the models were so well made, everyone did fantastic jobs. Jenna
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