Huichol yarn painting

This beautiful, one-of-a-kind yarn painting was made by pressing thin strands of acrylic yarn into natural beeswax spread over a wooden board. Yarn art is made in limited quantities by the Huichol and Tepehuano people of southwestern Mexico.

My 1st grade students are studying Weather and I thought this would be a fun lesson to link to their Weather Unit. The Huichol People of Mexico create wonderful art using wooden boards coated with a layer of beeswax. They push yarn into the coating of wax to create their designs. The Sun and the Moon are prevalent in their designs. I am going to use linoleum tile with an adhesive coating on the back instead of the traditional materials. I divided the one square foot of tile (purchased at a…

Indigo is a gallery of international Folk Art located in Philadelphia, PA.

Bridget Daly studied art in school focused on sculpture. She discovered Huichol yarn painting and now tells stories with her yarn art.

Learn how to use scraps of yarn and contact paper to make your very own landscape inspired by the Huichol people of Mexico.

This easy tutorial will teach you how to yarn paint. If you can glue curved & straight lines, you can yarn paint! This is how I teach my elementary students to yarn paint. Anyone can learn! Yarn painting is a good way to integrate art into your classroom...discuss the impact of the Huichol people on Mexican art for social studies/Art integration! The option are limitless as how to visualize what you have learned! #huichol #easyart #yarnpaint #yarnpainting

Balzhan Jaksylyk | Рисую Нитками 🧶🎨 on Instagram: "🎨This technique is called «nierika,» which is an art form from the Wixárika (Huichol) indigenous people🫶🏻"

Image via WikipediaHere's a "cultural art" lesson my students recently completed.....it's called "Yarn Painting". This lesson idea came from a textbook called ARTTALK by Rosalind Ragans. The Huichol people live in Central Mexico and are known for their bright colorful yarn art. When creating their yarn paintings they cover a board with hot melted wax, then adhere the yarn before it dries. Sometimes they also use tree sap instead of wax for adhering the yarn. Needless to say we didn't have…

Huichol Yarn Art Collection - Huichol Yarn Painting - YP162412| huichol yarn art for kids #yarn

Give your fine motor skills a workout with brightly colored yarn paintings inspired by Huichol folk art of Mexico. Manipulate colorful lines into cactus, plants, and flowers on a wooden panel. $5 off...