Lockdown with Limerick Artists

(Pack III)

in association with

The Hunt Museum

Greetings from the Hunt Museum

We are delighted to bring you the third and final edition of ‘Lockdown

with Limerick Artists’.

The aim of this activity pack series is to bring some colour, creativity and

fun into the lives of children and families during this difficult period of

lockdown. Of course, if you are an adult, there are also plenty suitable

activities in these packs for you!

Just to Say….

We are pleased to announce that The Hunt Museum has partnered

with Limerick Covid 19 Community Response to print and circulate

copies of Lockdown with Limerick Artists. Through them, households

across the city and county will receive our art packs. By FREEPHONING

1800 832 005, they will also post hard copies of it to you.

We would like to acknowledge the on-going support of St. Munchin’s

Community Centre and Limerick Children and Young People’s Services

Committee (CYPSC) who have also been helping us to distribute the

packs to local young people.

Finally, the Museum would like to acknowledge the generosity of the

ten artists who have prepared the wonderful activities in this pack.

Thank you for sharing your creativity with us all!

Would you like your Lockdown with Limerick Artists artwork

featured on the Hunt Museum’s new digital Children’s Gallery?

If so, get an adult to:

• take a photo of your completed artwork

• share it on social media tagging @HuntMuseum and

we’ll add it to the Gallery.

Let’s use ART to bring us all closer TOGETHER

List of Contributing Artists

Cover artwork by Sian Costello

Hannah Bloom

John Shinnors

Jim Furlong

Paula Rafferty

Vivienne Bogan

Gillian Shinnors

Mike Byrne

Rose Hanley

Ken Coleman

Tara Hanley

Keep Your Dreams Safe for Tomorrow By Hannah Bloom

Did you spot the dream catcher on the pack cover?

You can make one and keep your dreams safe for now!

MILLIE, KITE AND LIGHTHOUSE by John Shinnors

Before you start adding dots to the above composition, look

overleaf to see what the finished artwork should look like!

See over

leaf!!

Bark rubbings and charcoal dust shapes. By Jim Furlong

You will need a charcoal or chalk,

sandpaper and a rubber.

Example 1 – see opposite →

1. Place paper on top of bark of a tree

and rub with charcoal stick or chalk.

2. Draw into bark rubbing with a rubber.

Example 2 – below ↓

1. Place objects on a sheet of paper

e.g. leaves or a key or various items

you may have

2. Rub charcoal against sand paper

directly over objects.

3. Take away objects to reveal resulting

shapes

Hexie Patchwork Fun by Paula Rafferty

Patchwork is one of the oldest crafts in the world! This type is called EPP

(English Paper Piecing) and you sew or glue your fabric to a paper pattern

or template and then sew the pieces together, simple right?

For this type of patchwork

you can use any type of

fabric because they are

secured by the paper

template, but don’t cut up

any of your parents good

clothes!!

You will need:

• a hand sewing

thread,

• some hand

sewing needles

• scissors

• some fabric

scraps.

• paper template

(see overleaf)

Step 1. Cut out a paper

template

Step 2. Cut out your

fabric bigger than the

template

Step 3. Either sew or

glue the fabric around

the pattern as in the

pictures below. If you

are having trouble look

up

https://www.paperpieces.com/learn-to-english-paper-piece where you

can watch videos of how to do it. Have fun!

Here are the paper templates or patterns that you need to cut out. I

like to glue them to heavy paper before I cut them out, like the cover

of a glossy magazine.

Below is a colouring sheet of hexagons that you can have fun with.

If you sew 6 hexies around a centre one you can make a flower.

To make a coaster, make up 2 flowers, take out the template and sew

the two flowers together to make a 2 sided coaster for your cup or

glass!

You can use any shape to do this sort of patchwork- diamonds, pentagrams,

triangles. You just put them together like a jigsaw. If you’d like to learn how to

make a patchwork ball use this link

!https://whileshenaps.com/2014/08/patchwork-ball.html

Wear Flowers in Your Hair Like Frida

by Vivienne Bogan

Frida Kahlo was a smart, beautiful and talent young woman who wanted to

become a doctor but sadly one day when crossing the street

she was knocked down by a bus and seriously injured. The

accident badly damaged her back so she has to spend many,

many months in bed unable to walk. It was during this time,

unable to do anything else, she returned to painting, something

she loved to do as a child. As a result of this, she decided to

become an artist and for the next 25 years she created many

great works of art.

Frida was born in the suburbs of Mexico City. She loved the

traditional old stories and customs of her native country. Very many of her paintings

are of herself, that is they are self-

portraits, and in them she is often

dressed in Mexican costume with

lots of flowers in her hair. She also

loved nature, animals and plants.

All these Frida put in her paintings

which tell stories about her, her

life, and the place she lived.

Frida’s works are bright, very colourful and freely painted. They capture her strong

will and determination and the great pain she suffered as a result of her accident.

According to the Tate Modern in London, Frida is ‘one’ of the most important artists

of the 20th century. She and her husband, Diego Rivera, also a painter, are

considered Mexico’s greatest artists.

How about making a band of flowers for yourself or

your sister, teddy or doll? See how on the next page…..

To make the paper flower hairband, you will need:

• Pieces of string, or ribbon or wool.

• Cellotape or quick drying glue

• Poster paints and a brush or a thick marker

• Roll of toilet paper

• Gift wrapping paper, an old colourful magazine, coloured tissue paper, wrappers

etc

• Old tights are great – cut off a leg and then cut it again to make a stretchy ring…see

picture. Check to make sure that it fits around your head, like a hairband.

Ordinary Things Up Close by Gillian Shinnors

• Use a pen or pencil and try some boxes in colour if you have them.

• Most importantly, have fun !

When artists look we really look like a scientist examining something under a microscope! For this activity you need to zoom in like you are a camera and look at the small parts of your object.

• Take an object such as a lock and key, a tool from the shed, or your bicycle and get your pen/pencil and this page

• Create a number of small drawings looking at the parts up close using the grid overleaf.

You can use this grid or draw your own with different size boxes

Courtesy of the artist Gillian Kenny Shinnors

Please send your photos of your pictures to the Hunt Museum by getting a

parent/guardian to find them on Facebook, Twitter or use the website and

be sure to call in when the Museum opens again!

Standing Paper Figures by Mike Byrne

Create a Mini Wall Hanging

By Rose Hanley

Siege of Limerick by Ken Coleman

Paper Globe By Tara Hanley

Check out a photo of the finished piece

on the following page…..