Grant Middle School 3/10/2013
Day One:
8th Grade Girls practiced drawing traditional Indian symbols repeated and connected into a design that covers your paper.
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| board on the first day |
I created two Mehndi symbol reference packets
-with common symbols and their meanings such as the cross, turtle, and diamond
-how to construct them
-variations on the symbols
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| girls practicing symbols |
Day Two:
Students drew and cut a fan shape out of colored paper, then drew henna designs for protection on the front and giving on the back.
-the compass tool was used to trace and cut circles to make a fan shape
-fancy blade scissors were used to make an intricate edge.
-rulers were used for straight protection lines
Day Three:
Students continued adding symbols of defense to one side and giving to the other side of their fan and fill up the space well.
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| left side is giving, right is protection |
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| example of space used well |
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| good use of adapting symbols |
Day Four:
Students traced their detailed designs with metallic paint.
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| board on day three of the project |
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| independent careful worker |
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| half traced |
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| girls shared pallets to conserve paint |
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student watered down paint
and applied layer over drawn details |
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student had good control over paint
and could follow fine lines
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Final Day:
Students glued wooden sticks between both sides of their fan design to give it structure, then embellished the final fan with folds, ribbon, and rhinestones.
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| straight lines and symbols for protection |
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| beads and rhinestones were added on the handle |
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| curved lines and symbols for giving |
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| rhinestones were added to accent areas in the fan design |
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| all of the fans drying on the radiator |
