It was great to have Jennifer Ewing with us last Sunday introducing us and guiding us through the process of making what she known to be spirit boats. The process of making these boats was very similar to the vessels we made the previous week for the Filipino American Day, except the fact that one uses a different covering for its exterior looks and the concept behind these two projects.
The spirit boat that I made sticks to the theme of "home". I like adventure, but I also like the feeling of home. It is in a home that I feel protected, sheltered, and loved. So I would like to bring along these feelings with me to my future ahead. During the process of creating my boat, Jennifer Ewing suggested that I make the home shaped house on my boat out of these two rectangular shaped plastic containers. It was great that she made such suggestion because that was exactly where I was heading. However, I didn't exactly like the top of the house just a flat surface or edgy, so I added another piece of plastic to the top to create that circular top, round look. Last detail to the house was I added the two door openings (front and back) and used pieces of raffia to cover or shield the openings. (The kind of gives it the feeling of a hut right?) Everything else was just covering the plastic with the special paper the Jennifer brought in. It was fun to use the papers. Plus it had a great scent to it!
