1. Weaving
Sessions |
Three
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Focus |
Create your weaving
To explore the qualities of weaving using a variety of materials. To identify simple looms and weaving techniques. To collect materials to use in their work To talk about their work as it develops. |
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Material |
Looms: thin card,
polystyrene trays or plywood.
Cotton wool, assorted yarn Shuttle, plastic or wood, alternately use a pencil. Cardboard or plastic to make strips Scissors, sell tape Craft knife |
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Resources |
Books: Art 3 Webs: |
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Talk about |
Discovering how to weave single strands of plants or animal fibre into one solid piece was one of the human race's earliest achievements. A loom: the frame that supports the weaving. There are different choices, cardboard, plywood, polystyrene tray. How to string a loom. Tape the end of the warp thread to the loom and wind it around the tray though the top to the bottom slits from one side to the other, then cut the thread from the ball and tie it to the the end. How to weave, All weaving has two main sets of thread, the warp and the weft. The warp is the lacing thread and the weft is the filling thread. How to release the weaving from loom, by
cutting the warp thread at the back of the loom and tying the ends in
pairs to stop the weaving from unravelling. |
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Sketchbook |
To collect samples and
pictures of woven fabrics and stick some in there.
To write down the meaning of the words: warp, weft, loom, slit, shuttle. Make a list of the materials they need to use and colours and at the end make a coloured sketch of their finished weaving . |
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Doing |
Activity 1: Woven paper Use any kind of coloured paper, textured paper,
marbling paper or plastic from carried bags. Activity 2: Weaving 1 - Choose the loom, the polystyrene tray for example
and some scissors. Cut slits at the top and bottom of it, making sure
they face each other.
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Developing the idea |
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Vocabulary and language |
Shuttle
Loom Warp Strips Slit Weft |
Materials: natural, made, recycled. |
Assessment |
- It is the work ordered/ balanced or it is chaotic or disturbing? - To compare ideas, methods and approaches in their own work and others work. - To describe how they would develop it further, their own work or others work. |