Flowers & Fish Fabric Collages

Aim:

• To use fabric in picture making.
• To develop an understanding how fabric can be decorated.
• To learn simple methods of stitching.

How To:

• We looked at a variety of fabrics and sorted and classified the materials according to colour, pattern, texture.
• We talked about how fabric can be changed with food dye.
• Students looked at pictures of flowers and discussed shape, line and colour. Students explored ideas for designs.
• Students used food dye to paint their designs onto the fabric piece.
• When the work dried students added more detail and decorated the flowers with fabric pastels and paint.
• To work was framed and decorated with running stitch.

Learning Objectives:

• To examine how fabric is constructed
• To modify fabric by pulling threads.
• To introduce children to weaving.
• To develop skills of weaving, cutting and joining.

This is how we made it:

• We changed the hessian by pulling threads to make gaps.
• We used a variety of different materials to weave back into the pulled hessian.
• We used our woven hessian piece as a background for an underwater scene.
• We collaged fish and created seaweed with pipe cleaners, beads and felt.

Moreland Primary School