Gyotaku (gyo=fish, taku=rubbing) was invented in the early 1800’s in Japan by the fishermen to record their catch. This was their livelihood (not sport fishing as we have today) and they could document the size and types of fish caught and still take it back to be sold or eaten. Also, certain fish in Japan [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 26, 2008
Printmaking in the 4th grade classroom
Today we started a 4 week section on printing. Penny introduced the class to a historical overview of printing from the invention of paper making to the printing on t-shirts they were wearing. Starting out, she asked the class what they thought of when they thought of printing. The first student to [...]
February 11, 2008
art project materials
buckets of ribbon roll cores waiting for a project to be born. perhaps a printing project?
February 9, 2008
more portraits
I was able to make it down to the LBMA for the portrait class with artist Dan McCleary on Sunday. Unfortunately, none of the students in the class were able (or remembered) to get their parents to take them down there. There was a roomful and parents and kids (about 15) and we [...]
