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String Art

Posted by cgaub on 22nd April 2010

String art is characterized by an arrangement of colored thread strung between points to form abstract geometric patterns or representational designs.

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This type of art is basically sewing thin colored string, like embroidery floss or colored twine, onto a thick card stock paper. The results can be simple or complex. You can even find patterns online to print out and use as a guide, or you use your ruler and pencil to make a pattern. Here are some easy patterns that you can print out.

Some styles of string art are made using nails or tacks hammered into a piece of wood. In that case the string is wrapped around the nail, sometimes going around the same nail more than once to create different patterns. This website has instructions and some free patterns to download for this type of string art.

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There are a few amazing artists that make work in this style. Agota from Romania has many beautiful works and includes a how to page with ideas.

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Collage Puppets

Posted by cgaub on 28th March 2010

This is a great picture tutorial on how to make these fun little collage puppets.

All these links were screened and found acceptable for middle school students, however since most of them go to outside blogs there might be other material on the blogs that is not acceptable. Please notify me if the link is broken or the content is no longer school appropriate.

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