Fourth Grade Explores Kanga Cloth

Fourth graders learned about Kanga cloth from Tanzania. Kanga cloths have geometric patterns and include a message or a blessing in Swahili. They are gifted, traded, and worn as clothing. 

The fourth graders designed their own prints inspired by Kanga cloth by creating an abstract design that communicated their message or blessing. They carved the design into styrofoam, then used printmaking techniques to create a series of prints, resulting in a pattern. Finally, they wrote out their blessing and created an additional border design with another geometric pattern.