Fiber art lessons high school

Mexican textile artist Victoria Villasana applies colourful embroidery to pictures of artists, musicians and politicians

Unfortunately I did not get any pictures of these in-process. The good thing is that the reason I didn't get any pictures is because it was such an engaging, complicated project. Students were...

4 Fabulous Ways to Bring Fibers Into Your Fine Arts Class Media & Techniques % %

I spent a decent amount of time this fall teaching some kids to sew a bit. On paper and on fabric. Though the self portrait projects can be simply BEAUTIFUL, many students just weren't into it because it takes some perseverance. But, they did seem to enjoy creating a stuffed pillow shaped like a cute monster. They custom painted fabric, traced out what shape pillow they wanted, used some Heat N Bond to create iron on patches. They used those for eyes and whatever else they wanted. Much like…

Mrs. Christina Barrientos engages students through various projects, encourages self-expression.

We often ask questions on our Facebook page that generate amazing lists of ideas. After a few days, however, those lists get buried in the feed and are often never seen again. We’d like to change

I love doing this lesson with lower elementary classes, upper elementary, and have even worked this lesson into some middle school curriculum. It’s a great way to introduce weaving and to continue to grow those fine motor skills. It always turns out BEAUTIFUL! The students are always really proud of

This project is one of my favorites that I have ever done! The students all felt super successful and it is a really fun process. I wish I had done a better job of documenting the first few steps...