We popped over to stoneage Austria today to spend the day with Venus of Willendorf.
We sat outside and carved hebelstone using stone age tools.
Sticks and stones, teeth and bones
were gathered from the paddocks.
The boys had to find the sculpture inside the rocks
and the discussion was about big breasts and belly and the symbolism of fertility.
We moved inside and used some air drying white clay to model a Venus figure
The clay was stiff and hard to work with
and instead of chipping and carving away
we had to shape and model
To finish of our day with Venus
we drew her into our art journals
We sat outside and carved hebelstone using stone age tools.
Sticks and stones, teeth and bones
were gathered from the paddocks.
The boys had to find the sculpture inside the rocks
and the discussion was about big breasts and belly and the symbolism of fertility.
We moved inside and used some air drying white clay to model a Venus figure
The clay was stiff and hard to work with
and instead of chipping and carving away
we had to shape and model
To finish of our day with Venus
we drew her into our art journals
3 comments:
Cool! I never thought of using Hebel blocks...
Good morning dear friend.
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Oh, how I would have loved to hear that conversation!
They are wonderful!
lisa
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