Weaved Flax Into Plates or baskets

On Monday we did flax weaving since it was Matariki week. We learnt about Matariki because of school.

We also learnt how to make a plate and basket out of flax so we could have a sausage on Friday. You could go in pairs though you each need one or otherwise the other person wouldn't get one. The class practised making a flax plate. The next day we were told to make a basket or mat. The people that had finished from Monday had kept their mat and were trying to make a basket. 

If you wanted to make a basket you'd need 12 pieces of cut flax, lay 7 landscape and 5 portrait on top of the 7 flax. I tried to make a basket though I decided to make a mat, though to start it off I needed someone's help. Here is how my one turned out. None of it was easy it took many attempts for me and I feel great for finishing it.

If you had free time would you ever do it?

Tree art 2021

 Canadian Tree Artist - Emily Carr

This term for art we have been learning about a Canadian artist that loved to paint nature. Once we looked at her art we then started to do little tree paints as practice. After a while we did our real one here is how my one turned out.    

What do you Do for your art?.

Bottle rocket fun

This week we launched a rocket it didn't go far though it went really high into the air. At one point all you could see was a black dot. When it fell down we went to use it again though, the second time, the top part of the rocket blew off and a crack was in the middle of it. after that, we learnt that we'd need to either reinforce the top so you can use it multiple times. 

What would you use to make your own bottle rocket?