Hello, everyone!
This past Sunday, we all gathered at the museum to meet Christine Balza and her daughter, Marina. We got to test out some paper folding activities, learn about Filipino history, and practice writing our names in Baybayin. Then, we started to brainstorm for an activity for this Sunday when we'll be celebrating Filipino American History Month. With the theme as Mindful Eating, we started to rack our brains for ideas that were fun, accessible, and relevant. Nell came up with the awesome idea of using vegetables and fruits (I can hear Marisa saying this right now: "vegetables and fruits") as stamps. We then decided on using these stamps to decorate bags.
My assignment this week was to try out some new food stamps. When we were testing the vegetables on Sunday, I especially liked the textures of the leaves so I decided to use kale and parsley. The kale turned out amazingly-there's so much texture and it was pretty easy to use. The parsley was ok but a little flimsy. My other food of choice was ginger. I tried just stamping unmarked ginger but then I later cut it up to be star/flower shaped. (On the picture below from top to bottom: ginger, kale, parsley, and kale again)
I used mainly acrylic since that seemed to work well over the weekend. But I also tried out one of the kale prints with just a regular ink pad for rubber stamps. (It's the light green/blue one). I was surprised by how well they all turned out. I found the ginger to be a little bit boring so I tried carving it into the shape you see in the picture.
And the final results!
I think they turned out pretty well and I'm excited to see the project in action on Sunday!