Kids, you can help measure but if you are not used to using a knife, have your grownup help you!Ģ. Use your craft knife to make notches in both ends of your two wooden dowels. Start by cutting your wooden dowels using the craft knife, one at 24 inches and one at 20 inches.Two 1/4 inch round wooden dowels (one 24 inches, one 20 inches), or if you want to make a small kite, a set of chopsticks would work.A full sheet of newspaper (if you don’t have newspaper, a lightweight paper will do like tissue paper, or even a garbage bag!).After you are done, you can take your kite outside on a windy day to see how it flies. Let’s make and decorate a kite with materials you have at home. What symbol would you use to give the impression that your kite is fast? What symbol will make you think it is higher in the sky? What will make it look strong? Make a Kite This print of an owl is titled “Wisdom.” Why do you think it has that title? Look at the owl’s expression: what other word would you use to describe it? When an object makes you think of an idea it is called a symbol. It might even look like it is flying faster! Iwao Akiyama, Japanese, 1921-2014, Wisdom, 1972, woodcut on wove paper, purchased with funds from the Salt Lake City Arts Council, UMFA 2002.24.7 Think about drawing a pattern that shows movement on your kite, something like stripes, or zig zags, or diagonal lines. What is the weather like? How do you know? What direction is the weather coming from? A pattern can give us clues about what is happening in the landscape and can suggest that something is moving in the print. How big will it have to be so you can see it high up on a kite? Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, Mimasaica Province: Heavy Rain at the Yamabushi Gorge, from View of Sixty-Odd Provinces, 1856, color woodcut, purchased with funds from M. Think about the scale (or size) of your pattern. What is the pattern that catches your eye first? Think about what pattern or picture you will make on your own kite. What is the first thing you notice in this woodblock print? There are many patterns shown on the kites as well as on the people’s clothing. Utagawa Kunisada II, Japanese, 1823-1880, Kabuki Stars rising in popularity like kites, 1873, Woodblock print, Gift of Sharon Shepherd and Laird Rodet, UMFA2011.12.3 The intriguing symbols and intricate designs will inspire you to decorate a kite that will be perfect for flying throughout the spring. Let’s browse them to look for old favorites as well as find some new ones. The UMFA has a beautiful collection of Japanese woodblock prints.
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