What was it? It was advertised as t-shirt making but the t-shirts were already made leaving the kids (thankfully) to just print them.How did it work? the printing was done by carving shapes into polystyreen blocks; smothering them with ink and then pushing them onto a t-shirt. It proved quite effective. Didn't Buggy-L (18 months) try to eat the ink? thankfully he was asleep for that bit.
And what was so African? the idea was to use things from the African gallary to inspire the prints. The group met in the African gallery, the kids drew the shapes they liked from some of the exhibits. The gallary had a lot of sculptures and carvings a long with a lot of pots, some strange shaped knives a
nd lots of fabrics. In other words a lot to be getting on with.How did it come out? remarkably well; all the t-shirts I saw looked really impressive and it gave something good for them to take home
Going again? I'll keep an eye out for other things activities and I might try the block printing with the buggies again.
What: African t-shirt printing
Where: British Museum
Cost: Free
Try: Lots of activities at Discover
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