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Friday, December 25, 2020
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Exeter-Milligan Update: Art Update
Art Update at Exeter-Milligan
by Lisa Kanode, E-M Art Instructor
Batik is an ancient fabric wax-resist and dye tradition of Java, Indonesia. The origin of dye resistance patterns on cloth can be traced back 1,500 years ago to Egypt and the Middle East. Samples of batik have also been found in Turkey, India, China, Japan and West Africa from past centuries. Batiks are made using a canting tool. The canting, believed to be a purely Javanese invention, is a small thin wall spouted copper container (sometimes called a wax pen) that is connected to a short bamboo handle.
EM High school art students spent most of November trying their hand at batik making by using a canting tool and melted paraffin and beeswax. We melt the wax in a crockpot and use the drawing tool to follow the lines we have drawn on a posterboard. The lines can be seen through the fabric. Once the resist lines are put on the fabric, we paint in the shapes with colored dye. Another coat of wax is then paintbrushed on the fabric and it is all ironed out into newspaper to leave the rich beautiful color design on the fabric. Some of the students chose to soak their batik into a darker color after the wax is painted on. This technique is called crackling.
The Second grade class has also been working hard to make a batik. They have drawn fish on their fabric and are now painting in the shapes. You can see the student’s artwork on our Artsonia online art gallery at:
https://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=36412.
Pictures of 2nd grade students Anton Classen and Kora Havel using the canting tool to draw their lines.
As well as finished high school art by Blake Meyer- the crackled green and blue abstract eye, Natalie Staskal- pumpkins in the fall and Jasmine Turrubiates- representing her love for basketball.
Monday, December 21, 2020
Exeter-Milligan MakerSpace Tribute
Photos and story courtesy of Lisa Soukup
E-M MakerSpace Tribute
Exeter-Milligan MakerSpace sponsors and attendees would like to take
this time to thank Norm Yound’s family for the wonderful donation of
wood. Norm was an avid woodworker and loved to create and make many
wooden items for family and friends. Norm passed away in July of this
year. His family was cleaning out the garage when they found a bunch of
scrap wood. They asked if we could use it at MakerSpace. The generous
donation of wood was then cut into smaller pieces for the kids to create
with.
The kids love to work with hammers and nails and our supply of wood was very small so the donation meant a lot. With this donation, Norm is passing the love of woodworking down to another generation. I can hardly wait to see what they will build in the future. Thanks again Yound family.
Norm is pictured with his granddaughter Erica (Yound) Vossler in 2014