Form Drawing - grade 1
running forms
transformation of forms
Form Drawing - grade 2
mirrored running forms
transformation of forms
the transition from Form Drawing to penmanship
our madder dyed wool felt
ready to become a pencil case
grade 2 project
convex/concave forms in clay
buttons for the pencil case
our plant dyed silk embroidery floss
madder root / mint leaves / red onion skins / marigold blossoms
working with indigo
complementary colors & after images
red and green
our red and green paintings
complementary colors & after images
orange and blue
the chipmunk ears I made for Zac
beauty
finished pencil cases
we worked with vine stitch & seed stitch
a big dish of silkworms and mulberry leaves!
this woman recommended Aurora Silk to me
as a good source of healthy silkworms
finished indigo dyed linen eurythmy slipper bags
my finished knitted pouch with the wet felted button
our experience of orange and blue
learning new things in Knitting...
and in Crochet!
the final watercolor painting lesson
transforming bright jewel-like colors into muted tones
partner painting with two painting boards touching
it is HARD to let the pretty colors get covered up
with their opposites
but in the end we loved them
the top of the crocheted bag
the little wooden stools which Mario built
so that first graders don't have their feet dangling in air
when they're doing their handwork
We finished up the Chestnut Ridge NY part of our vacation by visiting the 240th Storming of Stony Point at Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site.
I love living history! (We didn't stay for the battle part.) If I ever have enough spare time to have a hobby, I think I'd like to become a reenactor.
Zac got to churn butter and watch open fire cooking and eat apple pie. He wasn't that interested in the basket weaving but he loved the blacksmith (who gave him a just-finished nail for staying for such a long time).
Personally, I stayed for a long time at the tent with the flax. The interpreter there was wonderfully informative and Zac got to feel flax straw and work the flax break. We saw the three different hetchels and watched her spin. The interpreter told us that William Penn broke the law and smuggled flax seed over to the colonies (colonies were, in part, supposed to be a market for the mother country). She recommended flaxforsale.com for more information (and they sell an educational kit with samples from every step of the process). She also recommended The Big Book of Flax.
The Big Book of Flax: A Compendium of Facts, Art, Lore, Projects and Song
by Christian and Johannes Zinzendorf
The we went to look at provisions at the sutler's (a historical job which was new to me... like a traveling tavern who had a license to go along with the troops). We ate some really yummy food courtesy of The Georgian Kitchen and I finally bought a cone of sugar! I'm so pleased!
sugar cone and nippers
sausage and eggs over a fire
the flax break
those are some big bellows!
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