Hello art students!

 

We will be starting an art unit on printmaking. This should be a lot of fun and you will learn some interesting techniques, which will allow you to design your own prints.

It is very important that you check this page often and do the following assignments, because you will be given a grade!

 

Assignment #1

Due February 1st and 2nd 2016 

Part A)

View parts 1, 2, and 3 of the following Andinkra Printing Presentation and write four things you learned about the process of Andinkra Printmaking.

Bring in your paper on your art day for a grade!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You will design your own Andinkra symbols and make your own prints of your symbols.  We will use styrofoam to carve our symbols into, and paint to print the symbol "plates" onto paper. 

 

 

 

View the above worksheet for ideas!

Assignment #1

(Part B) Due February 1st and 2nd 2016 

 

Look at the above handout of real Andinkra symbols and their meanings for inspiration. Come up with your own designs of symbols that are personal to you. Come up with four different designs!

 

Andinkra Worksheet 

 

Ideas for designs; your interests, foods you love, your culture, family, sports, activities you enjoy, favorite books, music, goals you have, qualities you value, important life events.

 

Bring your symbol design ideas to art class on February 1st and 2nd  and you will be able to begin carving your print plate!

 

How will you be graded?

Check out this Andinkra Printmaking Rubric!

 

 

 

 

I can't wait to see what you come up with!

 

Andinkra Art Lesson

http://www.incredibleart.org/lessons/middle/adinkra.html

 

Adinkra (ah-DEEN-krah) cloth is a hand-printed fabric made in Ghana. Developed by the Ashanti people, Adinkra cloths were traditionally made for royalty to wear at religious ceremonies. Through the years, people have also decorated the cloths to tell a story or to express their thoughts or feelings.

 

Adinkra cloth is stamped and patterned with traditional Ashanti symbols. Each symbol has its own meaning. People in Ghana decorate the cloth by using a black dye made of bark. This dye is called Adinkera aduru, and it is what gives the cloth its name. Using the dye, they draw lines on the cloth to divide it into squares. Next, they carve symbols into calabash gourds, press the gourds into the dye, and stamp the symbols onto the fabric.