S.T.E.A.M Paper Table!

Hi readers!

This week we were given a task to make a 15cm tall table made from only newspaper and tape. It had to be able to hold at least one book. Our team decided to make 5 legs, put 4 of each corner, and then 1 in the middle. On the top, we put 2 pieces of newspaper. 

Our table managed to hold one book, and after putting the 2nd book on, it snapped and fell, after that, the table could barely stand on its own. This is the slide we made about the experiment.

There it is.

Have you ever made a table out of newspapers? How would you have done it?  

Until next time!

My Matariki Artwork

Hi readers!

For this term, we have been working on Matariki stars and the Maori new year! For our artwork, we did foam printmaking. It looked really difficult at the start buts it's actually really easy! First, you have to draw your plan on a scrap piece of paper, we had to draw the Matariki stars as swirls at the top and mountains down the bottom. It was also important that you did in reverse, so that when you print it, and it gets flipped, the stars in the right place.

Next you were given a piece of A4 foam. You had to get a ball point pen and draw what you had drawn on your plan onto the piece of foam, you had to make sure you put a bit of dent in so that the lines would show up in the finished print. Then you rolled out some ink and started rolling it onto you piece of foam, making sure it covered everything, and using multiple colours. Once it was all rolled on, you put a piece of A3 paper on top and use a clean, dry roller to transfer the ink onto the paper. 

This is what mine turned out like

We were allowed to make a couple prints with different colours, I made 4 different prints. When my prints dry, I'm going to make a frame out of paper to stick around the edge. I think that if I did it again I would put more ink on so there are no white specks, and use some different colours.

Have you done printmaking before? What do you know about the matariki stars?

Until next time!

 

Production Story Board!

 Hi readers!

The school production is moving along fast, we only have about 8 weeks left and we are starting to learn dances. I'm only in one dance at the moment so when I've been watching the other dances, I've been making a storyboard based on one of the scenes I'm in.

There it is.

The character that says my line is in the blonde one. After this scene, I sing a song.

Have you been in a production before? If you have, what was it and who did you play?

Until next time!