‘Apocalypse’ Dry Felting

Year 7 Painting & Drawing and Textiles

Students worked on the theme of the Apocalypse and were motivated and informed about the perils of global warming having
seen the documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ by Al Gore.

Students did preliminary sketches and then painted directly on to canvas. Some chose to further embellish with glitter
paint. They were encouraged to be spontaneous but to also clearly express their concept. They spent about four double periods
on the painting stage.

Students were then introduced to some simple embroidery stitches – running stitch, chain stitch and couching.
Dry felting was added as a technique to add further texture. Finally, they finished off with beading using sequins etc.

All students remained fully engaged throughout – this project took eight to ten weeks to complete.

Elaine Gordon.
Vermont Secondary College