My name in chinese calligraphy

During October a Chinese lady named Zilan Liao came into Holly Lodge to tell us all bout Chinese culture and to show us how to do some creative work. She played the Chinese harp which is a traditional instrument in China although she told us about how it's slowly dying out. We then done some Chinese paper cutting and Calligraphy. I really enjoyed the Calligraphy as Zilan went round and showed how to write our own names in Chinese which I found interesting. We also wrote a poem after learning chinese numbers and the 5 basic strokes. The paper cutting was quite fiddley as when making the butterfly we has to cut in certain places which was tricky. Overall i enjoyed the day and learnt quite a lot of new things.

Mask Making

A few weeks ago we researched Chinese masks giving us some ideas for when we designed our own. When we did design our own we used materials such as Mod roc, a plastic mask to create over, paint to decorate it and odd materials to go with your theme. I chose a rusty old theme which was a brown/gold colour with bits of wool for beard and items which also added more of an effect.

-(PLTS) Independent Enquirer, i believe i was an independent enquirer as i researched all my ideas and planned what i was going to do, i also changed my ideas as i started creating.

Lantern Festival

On Halloween we went to a festival where our lanterns where shown. There was a large number of lanterns but after a while i found mine. In the festival there was music playing and people acting as different halloween characters. At the end an animation was shown and people sang. This whole festival was about showing creative work. More detailed information about this event is in my A3 sketch book.

Lantern making with a primary school

On Friday the 16th October we had to organise a workshop between us, deciding who was doing what and when. I was given the task of making a presentation to welcome the school in.

We were paired up with a child to help design and make their lantern, we where doing a basic shape however we only had one day to start and complete the lantern.

Using all the same techniques and material that we used in the original workshop I helped my partner (Emma) to create her lantern and design a few silhouettes to place in between the layering of paper.

We completed the lantern on time and it was displayed at the lantern festival on Halloween.

-(PLTS) I would say during this workshop that I worked as an 'Effective Participator' as i listened to Emma and her ideas how ever i compromised to make them suitable for the time we had therefor i was also organising my time well.