Japan - Kokeshis Part 2

Moving from paper to wood and our delivery of dolls had come. The class were super pumped to paint their own dolls. We had discussed in detail the designs on some of the dolls I had brought in to show them and they were really excited.

They all worked hard to think about the faces, 

..the patterns and designs (this one's head was a tomato sauce squeezer!)

The finished products! (With some traditional dolls in the background.)

Japan -The Kokeshi project...Part One

A long standing Japanese tradition is the one of the Kokeshi. Today we started ur project with discussion and paper art. Each member of the class designed their own Kokeshi with original detail and colour.

There were a few ninja kokeshis too!

You can see the finished collection in Part Two of this project...