New Artwork on display at Tropical World

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…