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Weaving Tutorial.movHow can you teach loom weaving for all learners?
How can you teach loom weaving for all learners?
Materials List: What & Where
Materials List: What & Where
Cardboard: $0 (item can be found within household; you can reuse old materials like mail packages, moving boxes, etc.)
Dowels:$6.35 for a package of 25 dowels (Amazon)
Yarn: $10.99 for a package of 12 small balls of yarn (Amazon)
Ruler: $0.25 for plastic ruler (Office Depot)
Pencil: $0 (can use any regular pencil)
Ultra fine tip sharpies:$7.99 for a package of 10 all black markers (Target)
Warp Thread: 13.99 for 800 yards (Amazon)
Optional Fork: $0 (item can be found within household)
Developmental Rationale
Developmental Rationale
Cardboard loom weaving can be appropriate way for students to explore the world of fiber making in a beginner friendly way. It can be adapted to any age group and can be used in an at home learning environment or in an in person teaching environment. Below are some developmental considerations for working with students of each age group and ways that they benefit developmentally from exploring this process:
Pre-K - 5th: Children at this age are "able to form consistent shapes and line formations." (Kerlavage, p.33)
Weaving can be abstract and therefore children at this age can explore the ideas of abstraction and shapes and lines in a creative way.
Children at this age are also use vocabulary as a way to explore the world. This process can incorpate vocab often used in different art forms. Like color, texture, shape, line, pattern etc.
Weaving allows them to define what the process of making is in art.
6th - 8th: Children at this age are "develop visual attention to reality, express dissatisfaction with their visual representation, and place increasing emphasis on the final product rather than working process." (Kerlavage, p.54)
It can challenge students at this age to think more about the process of making art and it's importance.
This process challenges them through their idea of representional work. Because weaving can creative a representaional work that can be 3D as well as 2D.
Students can explore the principles of design.
9th - 12th: Children at this age are using " tools and media to express emotion or portray a specific idea rather than just a way of portraying reality. They will also be interest in experimenting with media to discover how they can be used most effectively." (Kerlavage, p.58)
Weaving is a great opportunity for students at this age to explore and experiment with fiber work.
Weaving can very versatile in subject matter and usage of the material.
Students at these ages will have a good understanding of the principles of design and can mainpulate those ideas into an expressive manner within their work.
Weaving creates a great space for students to explore represenational work and abstract work in a nonconventional manner.
Terri Friedman
Terri Friedman
"The work does not strive for perfection in a traditional craft sense, but more for emotion and storytelling in an abstract way.” -Terri Friedman
Website: http://www.terrifriedman.com
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-7-artists-weaving-new-tapestry-traditions
Brent Wadden
Brent Wadden
“Embracing the mistakes that happen along the way.”
- Brent Wadden
Website: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-7-artists-weaving-new-tapestry-traditions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Wadden
Engaging Learners
Engaging Learners
What would the learners potentially discover? What would they explore?
What would the learners potentially discover? What would they explore?
Learners would explore the world of fiber making in a beginner friendly way. They would explore the concepts of 2D/ 3D making. They could discover how fiber is a multifacted material. Leaners can also discover and explore concept of color theory.
What could they create as a result of this exploration and discovery?
What could they create as a result of this exploration and discovery?
Learners could create very expressive and abstract weavings/ tapestries. They could also challenge themselves and try to create their own representional weavings / tapestries.
What else could they do with this experience and how would they build upon this learning?
What else could they do with this experience and how would they build upon this learning?
Learners experience with fiber could potentinally make them want to incorporated weaving into their personal work.
Learners can build upon this learning by explore more of fiber as a medium. (Learning how to dye yarn naturally, etc.)
Working with fiber can challenge students to think outside their comfort zone of 2D or maybe 3D work. Fiber can be both, its takes skills from both areas of making to create fiber work.
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