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Goli Masks
Narrowing the focus, children discover more about the features of a Goli mask used in all-day festivals of the Baulé peoples.
Children carry out an investigation into stylistic elements of the mask and their meanings and purpose.
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Appliqué - Dyes & Designs
Amazing Amazonian Appliqué! Children use the work of an artist inspired by the rainforest and Deep in a Rainforest as a starting point for some art work of their own. They create simple designs and dye their fabric nature’s way in this session.
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Designs With A Message
Adinkra cloths are craft with a message. Children explore the traditional symbols printed on the cloths and create their own symbols to tell a story of their own lives.
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Feeling Welcome
New arrivals in Britain should be made to feel welcome. Think about children moving to a new school from another part of Britain or from another country. Children create posters or write leaflets to welcome newcomers to their school.
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Wall hangings
Using the techniques of flour resist batik, children create wall hangings in the style of the Mozambique batik they have studied.
Children are encouraged to carefully select techniques and tools to create a quality product.
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Mask Detective
Time to be a mask detective and ask, ‘what is a mask?’ Children explore the rich masking tradition in Africa and consider their design and purposes, looking at lots of examples from across Africa.
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Ethiopian Icon Painting
Take a trip back in time to introduce art of icon painting from ancient kingdom of Ethiopia.
Children explore features of this art form and consider how they were painted and their purpose. They copy small areas of icons to capture style elements.
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Get Beading!
Time to have a go at beading! The traditional Ndebele methods of beading are demonstrated and children have a chance to experiment with this new technique.
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Creative Designs
Applying their knowledge of Mozambique batik, children plan and design a wall hanging. Children sketch their designs bearing in mind the techniques of batik and the need for clear, simple images.
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Afewerk Tekle
It’s time to come up to date and look at work of a modern Ethiopian painter: Afewerk Tekle.
Children use websites to find out how his work has been influenced by the tradition of icon painting.
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Beads On The Catwalk
Hold a fashion show in class! Children create their own beadwork belts based on Ndebele designs and using traditional methods. Sensational!
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Modern Day Meals
Children discuss their favourite meals, made a model/drawing of it as session 4. One group prepares a chicken curry. All taste this and vote for either the 1950s chicken meal or the modern day curry.
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Ethiopian Inspiration
Think big and create a class mural based on the work of Afewerk Tekle.
Children work collaboratively to plan and paint a mural with a biblical subject in the same style as Tekle.
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Beadwork Fashion
Ndebele beadwork is a thriving tradition and can be found on all sorts of modern items. Children explore how it has been used in fashion and design simple belts based on the geometric designs of the Ndebele people
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Icon Creation
Create an Ethiopian pocket icon. Children explore techniques of painting on wood and create their own icon images based on their studies.