Art Speaks Japanese 'Come Alive' Competition 2013
The Japanese Foundation
‘Art Speaks Japanese
Come Alive’
Competition 2013
This term the students
of Art Zone, plus a few visitors from classes 5/6 at Farrer Primary School, entered the competition.
We were issued with a
resource pack containing photographs and descriptive text, featuring some of the
Japanese Artwork in the collection of the National Gallery of NSW.
The students selected
a variety of materials including air drying clay, paint, collage,
water-coloured pencils, ink, and fabric, to create their artwork.
He used air -drying clay, to model
a likeness of the hero, holding his sword and flute.
"Samurai" by Malcolm (Yr 2)
Some studied several artworks
and incorporated them into their piece.
Imogen (yr 6) was
inspired by the artwork “Slaughter
Cabinet ll’ by Moriura Yasumasa and ‘Karaori’
noh robe with design of flowers of the four seasons Edo(Takugawa) period
1615-1868.
She printed silk to
represent a newspaper, which she fashioned into a miniature kimono.
"Japanese Newspaper Kimono" Imogen (Yr 6)
Hanging scrolls
inspired Jenny (yr 6), Grace(yr 4) Alessia (yr 5) and Lily (yr 6).
The girls worked on
their pieces using paint, ink and water-coloured pencil.
Jenny (Yr 6) and Grace (Yr 4) chose their own
composition to incorporate into the scroll.
"Blossom in the Wind" Jenny (Yr 6)
Alesia was inspired by the
Calligraphy piece ‘When the mountain is high the moon rises late”(17th
Century) by Kano Tan'yu for her brush and ink illustration.
by Alessia (Yr 5)
Lily’s illustration entitled
‘Echo of Beauty’ was inspired by ‘Beauty looking back’ by Kainosho Tadaoto .
"Echo of beauty" Lily S (Yr 6)
We were required to
incorporate Japanese language into our pieces and submissions.
Thank you to Hibberd
Sensei and Yuko Sensei at Farrer Primary School, who interpreted for us.
All the students did a
fantastic job and we submitted 14 entries under Farrer PSch. You can view our submissions on
the Japanese Foundation’s website from November onwards.
Thank you to all
involved, particularly the families and classmates of the students, and the
teachers and staff of Farrer PSch.
