Tie + dye

The P7's really enjoyed the surprise element of tie and dye. The students brought clean handkerchiefs with them (everybody I meet here always carries a real cotton hankie) and most where thrilled with the unpredictable results. We then collated the finished hankies to made two giant patchwork wall hangings for the exhibition.

Sirigu painting

We looked to the traditional wall painting of the small village of Sirigu in the North of Ghana for our inspiration for the P5 paper globes. We used natural colours to paint symbolic animals and create the geometric patterns. Check out www.swopa.org/ an organisation that supports the women artists of this very special place.

Adrinka

Adrinka symbols of West Africa where the theme for P4 group work. We had a really fun (and challenging) workshop with my biggest class of 100! Pupils learned about the history and different meanings of some of the symbols. Lots of which are seen everyday here in Ghana, from cloth, jewelry to logos and even on Taxis. Check out this great website for more info. www.adinkra.org Usually they are block printed but due to the size of the class we made stencils and sponged through the templates to make our repeat patterns.