Maori language week

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Koru art

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This art work is based on the koru. We used crayon and dye technique to make these lovely bright pictures.

DISSENY KORU- alumnes de 6è Koru és la paraula maori per a la forma en espiral basada en la fulla nova de la falguera, que sim...

Thanks for your help with these Mrs. Johnson! They look incredible!

This is a class Korowai cloak we made using a cotton fabric. The stylised feather pattern was drawn onto the fabric and then each child decorated their feather using pastels. Once finished each piece was dyed using good old school dye. Each piece was then cut out, backed with iron on interfacing and edged on the sewing machine. Then using fabric glue each feather was then glued onto a larger piece of fabric and to finish off patterned ribbon was glued on to the top of the cloak.

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Kids can make their own Maori Koru designs.