Lesson video

Hello, my name is Mrs. Tipping, and I'm really looking forward to learning with you today all about watery weavings and looking at textiles.

We are going to do lots of thinking, talking, and exploring together in this lesson.

So, shall we get started? Let's go.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to take inspiration from underwater creatures to create a circular weaving.

Before we start, I would like to introduce you to some keywords.

We'll be using these keywords during the lesson, so it might be a good idea to write these words down.

The key words we'll be using today are curved, patterns, circular.

I'm gonna say those again, and I would like you to repeat them after me.

Curved, patterns, circular.

Good job.

Now, let's think about those in more detail.

What do each of those words mean? Well, curved is something which has a bend or a rounded shape.

Patterns are something that repeats in a regular way, like shapes, colours, or numbers.

And circular is something which is round and shaped like a circle.

Pause the video here to make a note of these keywords.

And when you're ready to continue, press play.

These are the learning cycles that we'll be working through together in today's lesson.

We're going to observe a range of underwater creatures, and then we're going to create a circular weaving.

In the first learning cycle, we're going to explore a range of underwater creatures.

Let's take a look at this first image.

What can you see? What do you notice in this image? Pause the video here and have a discussion with your partner and press play when you're ready to continue.

Well, Izzy and Sam are looking at the image of a jellyfish.

Sam noticed that there are curved shapes to this jellyfish.

And Izzy, she noticed that there are no straight lines at all on the jellyfish.

Did you notice something similar? Now, Sam and Izzy are both correct in what they notice.

The shapes and lines that make the jellyfish are curved.

Curved means something that is not straight, but instead bends or has a round shape.

And you see where we've drawn over the top with those pink lines showing where the curves and the bends are on the jellyfish.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding, which images show curved shapes and lines? Pause the video here to have a think and press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said all three, you're absolutely right.

Natural objects often have curved shapes and lines.

In nature, there are lots of curved shapes and lines like in this jellyfish, the body or bell of the jellyfish and the tentacles are curved.

Looking here, the anemone has a curved body or column.

The tentacles look like curved lines too.

And here in this image, this horseshoe crab has a curved shell.

This artist has drawn some of the curved shapes and lines they can see in the sea anemone.

Look at those drawings there.

Can you see where the artist has got those shapes from? What curved shapes and lines can you see? Pause the video here and give yourself a moment to think and then press play when you are ready to continue.

Now, if I was to paint the curved shapes and lines I see in this underwater creature, I might have a go like this.

So I might draw the tentacles and the body.

So I'd like you to also have a go.

Can you see how I've matched up those shapes to that underwater creature there? So I'd like you to paint the curved shapes and lines that you see in the underwater creature.

Pause the video here and give yourself enough time to have a go at that and press play when you're ready to continue.

How did that go? Well, maybe you drew something similar to my drawings.

You might have noticed the curved shapes and the short curved lines.

Sam and Izzy look at the image again.

Sam noticed that there are repeated shapes and lines within the jellyfish, and Izzy says the body and the tentacles, they have patterns.

Let's have a look.

Can we see those repeated shapes? Do you notice any patterns? Ah, look here.

What patterns can you see? Can you see where I've drawn over the top of this image? Patterns do not always have to be exactly the same each time, but they still follow a rule or idea.

So we can have repeated long wavy lines like on the tentacles.

We can also have curved shapes like the petals on the body, and maybe a squiggly continuous line.

Let's have a go now.

If I draw and paint the patterns from the sea creature, it might look a little bit like this.

Got those petal-like shapes, those wiggly lines and the squiggly that's continuous.

There's those tentacles, that squiggly line, and also those petals.

So I'd like you to have a go now.

Paint the patterns that you see on the sea creature.

Pause the video here, give yourself enough time to do that and press play when you are ready to continue.

How was that? Maybe you drew something similar to mine.

You might have noticed a petal-like pattern and those squiggly lines.

This brings us to our first learning task.

In your sketchbook, I'd like you to draw and paint some of the curved shapes and lines you can see within the images of sea creatures.

So taking a look at these sea creatures here.

So pause the video here and give yourself enough time to draw and paint those curved shapes and lines that you see within these sea creatures and press play when you are ready to continue.

How did you get on? Well, you might have noticed these types of shapes, the curved round shape of the body or column, maybe these smaller dark marks, making a curved shape at the base of the column and the curved short pink lines for the tentacles in the sea anemone.

For the second part of this task, in your sketchbook, I'd like you to draw and paint some of the patterns you observe in the sea creatures.

What patterns can you see? Pause the video here and give yourself enough time to do that and press play when you're ready to continue.

How did you get on? Shall we take a look at some examples? So you might have noticed these types of patterns on the jellyfish.

A squiggly, repeated shape for the light tentacles.

Many long, thin lines for the dark tentacles.

Maybe a petal shape pattern, repeated on the body of the jellyfish.

Well done for having a go at that learning task.

This brings us to the second part of our lesson.

We're gonna have a go at creating a circular weaving.

What type of artwork is this? Have you seen this before? Hmm.

Well, Izzy and Sam, they're thinking about making a weaving inspired by a sea creature.

We want to make a circular weaving like the body of a sea anemone, but our loom is not curved.

Some weavings are made on a square or rectangular loom, but weavings do not have to be made on looms with straight sides.

They can be curved.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Which loom should Izzy and Sam use to make a circular weaving A, B, or C? Pause the video here and have a quick discussion with your partner and press when you are ready to continue.

If you think it was C, you're absolutely right.

This loom is circular, so it will make a circular weaving.

Izzy and Sam are making their loom.

They have used a large hoop and string ready for their weft threads.

This is what they've made.

You see that hoop and then the string.

So that is their loom, and that those strings are their warp threads.

Izzy begins thinking about the colours that they observed in the sea anemone.

I'm going to select reds and purples for the dark column of the anemone.

Can you remember that bit? I think those are the right colours to choose too.

So here's some examples of fabric that you could choose.

Now, Sam starts to weave the weft threads under and over the warp threads.

So there we go.

She's taking those strips of fabric and she's going under and over the warp threads with the weft threads.

And Sam has decided to start at the centre of the loom.

So let's have a go.

I'm going to weave some weft threads on a circular loom like this, going under and over those warp threads.

I'd like you to have a go at weaving some weft threads on a circular loom.

Pause the video here and give yourself enough time to have a go at that and press play when you are ready to continue.

How did that go? Maybe your loom looks a bit like this.

You might have used different fabrics to weave on your circular loom.

Izzy is thinking about the pattern of the tentacles on the anemone.

We want to make the tentacles stand out from our weaving.

Hmm, what could she do? Maybe she could do this.

She could add some pink and white fabric to the weaving.

What else could Sam and Izzy add to their circular weaving? Izzy uses yarn to embellish their weaving by tying on extra lengths of wool.

She says that that's made their weaving look a lot more like this anemone here.

Can you see how they've added on those extra lengths of wool there embellishing their weaving? Let's have a go at embellishing your weaving.

So if I'm having a go here, I can tie on these extra bits of yarn to the end.

I'd like you to have a go at that.

Embellish your weaving by adding on those extra bits of yarn.

Pause the video here and give yourself enough time to do that and press play when you are ready to continue.

How did that go? Well, maybe yours looks a bit like this.

You might have added yarns or maybe threads or even beads to your weaving.

This brings us to our final learning task.

In groups, decide upon the sea creature that you are going to use for inspiration for your weaving.

So pause the video here and have a discussion in your groups and make your choice and then press play when you're ready to continue.

Are we all set? So in your groups, you might have said, "I'm going to weave the jellyfish, as I really like the patterns on its body." That's what Aisha said.

Andeep said, "I'd like to make the sea anemone as I love the wiggly pink tentacles." And Jacob, he really likes the pattern of the spikes on the crab shell.

I think that will be a great challenge.

So hopefully you've chosen which sea creature you're going to use.

Now using a large circular loom, I'd like you to create your weaving inspired by the underwater creature you've chosen.

Now, here were the three choices, the jellyfish, the anemone, or the crab.

So pause the video here and have a go at using your circular loom to create your weaving and press play when you're ready to continue.

How did you get on? Well, you might have used your circular loom, used patterns and curves within your work and chosen your colours to look like your sea creature.

Like this example here, creating the sea anemone.

Well done at having a go at using a circular loom to create your weaving inspired by an underwater creature.

Before we finish this lesson, let's summarise what we've learned about circular weaving.

You might now know that the curved lines and patterns are found in nature.

A loom can be shaped like a rectangle or circle to create weavings in different shapes.

And weavings can also be embellished.

Thank you for joining me in this lesson today.

I hope to see you in the next one.

See you next time.