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My Tapa instructions

How to make a Tapa
Equipment List
30cm x 30cm square of brown paper
Black vivid marker
Pencil
Ruler
Dye
Bleach

1. Rule the paper every 3cm across and downwards. This should make a 10 x 10 grid
2. Draw a picture using a pencil
3. Go over pencil marks using a vivid
4. Rub out the grid
5. When you arr done you rub out your grid.
6. Scrunch up paper ten times.
7. Dye paper with brown dye
8. Let the Tapa dry.
9. Bleach over the areas you would like to have white Tapa.
10. Let the Tapa dry and hang it up.

My Reflecting on my Tapa by Raymond

Reflecting on my Tapa Cloth
1. Are you pleased with your Tapa Cloth? why / why not?
Yes because it came out good.
2. What did you find easy when you were creating your Tapa?
My flower.
3. What did you find tricky when you were making your Tapa?
Ruling up the squares.
4. If you made another Tapa, what would you change and why?
Add more detail to my border
5. Who / What has helped you in your Tapa?
Ohs’mar.
6. Did you use any of your own cultural patterns in your own Tapa? Which ones? What do they mean? If you didn’t use your cultural patterns, what did patterns did you use? Where did they come from?
I used Miss Paton’s pictures of Tapa Cloths made by people.

7. What geometric elements does your Tapa Cloth show? Reflection, Rotation, Translation.
My Tapa Cloth shows Reflection and Rotation.