Monday, February 2, 2015

Art: Honoring Loss with Symbols

The girls have worked through a process that the Ashanti people in West Africa use to cope with and honor loss in their communities.  They discussed with each other personal losses and created meaningful symbols to honor that loss in the style of the Adrinkra prints. 

Here are some of the art cards that show the process of developing the symbol:



 
Herer are some of the girls carving the stamps with linoleum cutter tools: