The Opening of our exhibition Transformations 2011.

Thank you to everyone for making this such a successful event.
Thank you Michael, Keith and Ellie for the images.

Nearly ready for the opening on Saturday 19th November.

Come and see Elvira's Room, walk the leafy pathway through the

silken forest and enjoy seeing all the work we have done this year.

Painting Spring Flowers for Packaging.

Invitation for the Transformations Exhibition

Room 1 Visit Lud Valley to do some eco- dyeing!

Making, Dyeing and Unwrapping Bundles.

Dyeing Using the Hot Extraction Process.

Wrapping bundles with leaves and dyeing them using iron and copper pots on a fire pit. Opening the bundles to discover the amazing and delicate colors and patterns achieved by the students with out the use of chemicals.

Scarves available to buy at pre-exhibition price.

If you would like to buy any scarves the students have made please contact :

email: office@maitai.school.nz Phone: 03 5480281 for more information.

Creating Mixed Media Paper Towers.

Constructing structures with cardboard and wood.

Choosing the flowers to press, opening the flower press.

Pasting the pressed flowers onto 'tea bag' paper.

Hapa Zome on silk using spring flowers to be pasted onto

paper.

Pasting mixed media onto the 'tea bag' paper.

Pasting the silk hapa zome flower prints on to a paper tower.

We are making a collection of mixed media paper towers to

be displayed in the exhibition at The Suter in November 2011.