Tropical World in Leeds is showcasing artwork made by our
pupils in Key Stage 1 and Foundation Stage.
Three banners are on display which add colour and pattern to the
area. Two of the banners feature fabric
prints sewn together to create a huge bright montage of rainforest animals and
their habitats. The prints were created
by the children in KS1 during their Rainforest topic. This was a printmaking topic and the children
enjoyed learning how to use a roller and printing block, making monoprints and
overprinting. They learnt how to repeat images and I’m sure the most memorable
bit was rolling the ink onto a bed of jelly.
It smelled gorgeous!
The Nursery and Reception children created fabric prints
inspired by Jungle animals. There were tiger stripes, giraffe markings, leopard
spots and zebra stripes. These prints
were then sewn together to make a banner. You can see how we did this if you go
to http://artandcreativityrobinhood.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Printmaking
These banners have hung in our school mall and we have
walked under them admiring the images, patterns and colours. Now we would like visitors to Tropical World
to do the same…
