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…..