Year 6 Make a Tapestry | Visit from Sonia

Year 6 had an artist visit to guide us through making our own fabric squares to form part of a bigger tapestry.

She told us about Ecuador, a beautiful country straddling the equator on South America’s west coast. We were told about a derelict house whilst she was out walking one day and had a vision for creating a textile artwork about all the memories that were in the house.

We were asked to think about a memory we have and to sketch it out. Once sketched we chose a piece of fabric and started to draw our memory and used fine pens to add some extra detail. We were surprised by the small textile stamps that we pressed onto an ink pad and carefully pressed it onto our fabric – the detail was really clear.

It was amazing to see the different styles of art and all of our fabric designs came out beautifully. We’re excited that our pieces of art are going to be sewn together and displayed in the St George’s Centre Art Gallery for everyone in the community to enjoy.

This was an incredible experience and we’d like to thank Sonia for the time she has given to St Botolph’s.

Written by Emily – Year 6