In this STEAM project, you will learn to make a luminary globe representing some portion of the lifecycle of our wild Salmon. You are invited to bring your artwork to the Annual Illuminight Winter Walk, a celebration of the Skagit River and the many beings that depend on it. Go to the "More" page for More information.
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This video (26:42) gives you instructions for how to make your luminary in 3 days. Days 1 and 2 can be done on a single day, but the project needs to dry overnight before following the Day 3 instructions. Use the chapter marks to jump different parts of the videos.
This video (4:31) covers:
What your foundation should look like on Day 2
How to fix your foundation if it collapsed
This video (1:23) covers:
Examples of student designs
This video (11:36) covers:
How to cover your whole globe in one color
Why it won't work to glue the one big sheet of orange paper
Ideas for where you can go from here
This video (15:11) covers:
How to use tracing sheets to layer and image with light and dark colors
How to create a simple salmon silhouette
How to make eelgrass
A fun way to create a sea floor
One connection between are and science is they both are most interesting when you make mistakes and learn from them
Find out more about salmon, the Skagit watershed, and the Annual Illuminight Winter Walk
Image from our 2019 Illuminight Winter Walk. Photo by Jessamyn Tuttle.