Tapa Turtles

Tapa Turtles

This term with Mrs White we  have been learning about how to make tapa turtles.I learnt how to rotate and reflect  shapes. We also did maths rotations. We learnt  how to make block prints out of cardboard and I also learnt how to find the lines of symmetry.  I  learnt how to make different shapes out of a circle as well.   

First we needed to research a bit about tapa turtles. Next we had to draw our symbol onto a piece of  paper then we drew it on the wood print. After that we  scrunched up the paper. Then we traced the turtles on the window. Next we draw our designs in pencil on to our turtles. After that we went over the pencil with Indian ink. Then we carved out our wood block prints. Finally we rolled the ink on the block print and stuck it onto bits of paper. To finish off our artwork we stuck the two strips of paper and the turtle on to the wrinkled piece of paper.