"Creating Art & Music" is an introductory course designed to introduce creative activities in the context of art and music. Thus far the course has been taught at the middle school, high school, community college, and university level (with appropriate adaptations for each level). Each week this fall, students in the course are posting their projects in this strand of the Snap! forum. Here's a link to the course materials:
The first assignment is being undertaken in collaboration with teachers and students in Kisumu, Kenya. The goal of the assignment is to reproduce an Adrinka symbol using Snap*!*.
Once you have created your design using Turtle Graphics in Snap*!, load the Snap!* Embroidery Library. The Snap*!* Embroidery Library is designed to enable Snap*!* users to reproduce a design using a computer-controlled embroidery machine such as the Brother SE700 or the Brother M370. Here is an example of a pillow created using this fabrication tool. (Thanks to Elaine Wolfe for creating the pillow.)
Use the stitch blocks from the Embroidery Library to create a stitching pattern for your Adrinka symbol.
Save your program to the cloud, share it so that others will be able to access it, and then post the link as a reply in this strand.
Hi! Here is the link to my Adinkra symbol pattern project. I aimed to simulate and design my own Adinkra-like symbol . I used a bounding square, with crossing grid as well as acrs to create the pattern.
Hi! I love the pattern you’ve created! The way the grid repeats is clearly well thought out, and the symmetry adds a wonderfully satisfying balance to the design,
Just if anyone is curious, on the right there's another block that I made before last class and it was deemed too fancy and complicated. I got the inspiration on one of those example projects and I didn't know we were snitching it out.
Here is the link to my Adinkra project: Embroidery Project. I tried to recreate an Abusua Pa using a grid and the arc function imported from the Embroidery library.
Here is the link to my project: Adinkra Project I wanted to create a simple grid design with a heart in the middle and hopefully will add maybe another pattern on top.
Here is the link to my project: My Embroidery Project. I was reading the definitions of each symbol on the Wikipedia page and noticed that #92, "Owo Foro Adobe," is the symbol of heroic deeds and accomplishing the impossible, but being quiet about it. I thought that this was a good principle to live by, so I decided to recreate it. First, I made the design using the pen tool, then I used a zigzag stitch to convert it to embroidery.
Snap! Build Your Own Blocks I did this step by step initially, and then saw where I could've condensed these steps where I could use repetition. In the following week, I will make the bottom blocks fit more proportionally.
Hello! This is my Adinkra embroidery pattern! I tried to replicate the 'ANI BERE' pattern.
In my initial attempt at creating the pattern, I used the pen fill tool to color in the pattern, but this would not work for a stitching machine, so I took the advice of the comment I received and replicated a thick line using a wide stitch. Although the updated pattern does not fully capture the original pattern (as it is lacking some pieces on the edges), I believe that it still works well and captures the idea.
Hi, I decided to try to create the Aban symbol. This is a link to my project. I have the main part of the symbol coded by repeating stitches and turning them 90 degrees to create a U-shape and then repeating that 4 times. I'm working on adding the extra details on the 4 corners.
I tried to recreate the Mpuannum symbol with my Adinkra Embroidery. Currently, I'm unsure of where I should add embroidery so I'll continue to work on it throughout the week.
. I used a bounding square, with crossing grid as well as acrs to create the pattern.