Thanks, San D. The tessellation idea sounds intriguing. The school is
trying to be more holistic and interdisciplinary and this might be a
good way of doing something different in the art department.
FYI (the "Y" being "Y'all"): We do not have restrictions on portraying
humans or animals; in fact, self portraits have been taught here for
years (my grade 10 girls moaned when I broached the subject--"Please,
miss, no! We've had to do self portraits every year since 7th grade!").
That had been a concern of mine when I interviewed for the position, but
it's not been a problem. It's just those witches (and pigs!) that I
have to be careful about.
Maggie
On 1/22/2012 7:43 PM, San D Hasselman wrote:
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> Oh, I had forgotten you are in an Islamic country. Here's what I would do then, 3-D tessellations in clay. First design the tessellations, then roll out the air dry clay, and have each student make their "tile" so they fit together. Then I would cast each of those individual tiles in handmade paper (easiest to use toilet paper and just take a sponge and dab it onto top of your tile using 3 layers). Then pop off the cast paper tiles and you have something each student could matt, or you could put them all together for a larger piece.
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> obviously the tessellations would be non human/animal but geometric. Although if I remember about Islamic art, they forms can be leaves.
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