Huichol yarn painting

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…

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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 painting

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

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

My three DragonWing Arts students just finished 8 weeks of 'global art' projects. In our last class, while paint and glue were drying, I ...

This incredibly beautiful Folk art is called Huichol art, also known as Mexican yarn art. The colorful designs and symbols are created by pressing colorful yarn and beads into a wax and resin-covered baseboard. Most Huichol patterns and designs have religious and cultural significance. #huicholart #huichol #art #artwork #artoftheday #artist #mexico #beautiful #yarnart Made by: Andrew Osta Picture Source: Facebook

Mexican yarn paintings are created by the Huichol Indians in colorful designs as expressions of deep spiritual beliefs. Diane Zubrick's classes created their own yarn painting using sticky foam boards from McMrf. You can use tacky glue, beeswax or sticky board as your base for your own yarn painting. Above is an example of the Huichol Indian's yarn painting. Below is the artwork from Dynamic Senior Solutions in Beavercreek plus Diane's example. They started with thicker nylon yarn to make…