shades of blue

Residency at March Elementary. Easton, PA

In March of 2018 I went to March Elementary to work with students k-5 on a collaborative community art project. I worked with their art teacher, Carla Rodrigues to create a project that was collaborative in nature and tied in their current lesson. The students had been learning about color theory, tints, shades and Picasso’s Blue Period. The resulting project combined wet felting, color mixing and color theory into a collaborative project every student in the school was able to participate in.

Each grade worked together to create their own felted wall hanging in various shades of blue arranged into a gradient. They learned how to blend wool roving with their hands to mix new colors and how to apply their color to the larger piece based on its tint or shade. They mixed white, black and various shades of gray to various shades of blue to create a wide range of colors. Every student had a hand in creating their class’s piece and experienced wet felting and color theory all at once. The results were wonderfully unique and abstract gradients of blue, wet felted onto a cheesecloth backing. The pieces reside at March Elementary.

Check out the work of Carla Rodrigues at www.carlasartstudio.com