Notan square art

When talking about space, it refers to the space that an artwork fills. With a 2D space, we are referring to the space within the canvas or piece of paper. When you fill a space on paper (for...

I haven’t crafted in almost two months, because of bad health, so I needed a simple craft. Google ‘notan’ (a Japanese technique) and you’ll find lots of examples (I didn’t use any examples, I rather make my own designs …

This is a great project for all ages and abilities. The students started with a 5" or 6" square of black construction paper, drew shapes (white pencil crayon), cut out all the pieces, glued down the remainder of the original square, and then flipped over the cut out pieces ending up with a mirror image. There's a great you tube video that demonstrates the process well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--IFiH6zH68. These are just a few of the pieces finished early. I'm having students do one in…