A Masked Statement

Inspired by Japanese Folklore, students researched the Amabie tale. According to popular lore, the creature appeared off the coast of southwestern Japan and predicted the future to a passerby. Six years of good harvest were on the way, Amabie said, but a plague was coming, too. The spirit instructed the passerby to share drawings of it to keep the disease at bay, and thus the image of Amabie spread.

Students learned about natural dye processes to select a base color for their mask and then they created their own version of Amabie to draw onto their school issued mask.