7th Grade visting Artist

Our seventh grade classes had the pleasure of hosting Mrs. Ruth Vaughan this week! Mrs. Vaughan taught them about the history of paper and its origins, which included a nasty death threat, a stinging insect and how an ancient technique has helped our FBI stop high-tech counterfeiting crime. Students were then able to create their own paper and contribute to a large scale paper pulp painting of Canandaigua lake. Thank you to the PTSA and Monroe #1 BOCES for helping us to secure the funding for this exciting and influential collaboration.

Here are some photos of our time with Mrs. Vaughan.

The beginnings of our large scale project.

A detail shot of the paper pulp.

Making progress.

Almost done!

Here are some photographs on the kids in action while working on creating their own paper…

Choosing their colors…

Waiting to use the blenders to make their paper pulp…

Blending their paper pulp...

Pouring their paper pulp into their deckle boxes...

Draining their deckle boxes...

Removing the water from their paper...

The paper loft after a hard days work!!!