BELFAST (May 26): Artist and weaving instructor Susan Perrine of Brunswick recently joined Troy Howard Middle School students to build a twig house at the edge of the school gardens.
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The model (Photo by Lynn Karlin) |
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Dakota Bears hauls alder poles to the hut to build the frame. (Photo by Lynn Karlin) |
Using only materials found on the property, 85 students and their teachers spent the day building support warp and then weaving twigs, sticks and branches into the 12-foot in diameter house.
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The uprights are cut and ready for sorting so they can be placed in holes along the perimeter wall. (Photo by Lynn Karlin) |
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Green Team teacher, Loretta Winslow demonstrates to Neil Kirby how to move twigs in and out of the warp. (Photo by Lynn Karlin) |
Student Ashlie Staples decided to take the project one step further and continued working on the sculpture for her project for the educational fair, which was held Friday, May 22.
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Garden student Grace Davis helps Susan Perrine bend a roof rib to tie into the wall. (Photo by Lynn Karlin) |
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Devin Richards makes sure the weft or twig is secured for the next weaver. (Lynn Karlin) |
Fellow student Hendrik Andrews will use the hut as a support for his gourd project that will continue into the fall of 2009.
All are invited to visit the gardens, see the house for themselves and weave a bit of the walls.
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The structure is half-complete. (Photo by Lynn Karlin) |
For more information contact Steve Tanguay at stanguay@sad34.net or 1-207-338-3320, ext. 119.