1. Collections
1.1. Weaving collected items: How to weave your walk with Blake Griffiths | #TogetherInArt Making
1.2. John Wolsely The Art of the Book #6 with John Wolseley – Kids' Home Publishing -story book creation idea- could make our own paper? More sustainable option? -Take paper to the Dandenong ranges to make rubbings (similar to what John Wolsely is doing in this video) to then collage with). -Story could be about something that students had learned on their excursion (protecting national parks/ wildlife)
1.2.1. How to make paper from recycled materials: How to Make Paper (out of recycled paper)
1.3. Collage: Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg -Students could make a collection from excursion and could create a collage/ book about the Dandenong ranges
1.4. A video of somebody reading the book we have created? Maybe record sounds of the Dandenong ranges?
1.4.1. Groupwork: -In groups of 2-3, each students is given a role/ responsibility (one student needs to collect the rubbings, one student the sound scapes, one person makes the paper / one person creates the storyboard/ takes notes about things they have learned on their excursion?
1.5. Pressing leaves/ flowers etc to collage
1.6. Bush Brushes/ monoprints created from collections? How to make bush brushes and monoprints with Judy Watson | #TogetherInArt Making
2. Excursion
2.1. Education program (file:///Users/jessicarule/Downloads/dandenong-ranges-national-park-education-program%20(1).pdf)
2.2. Park Explorers program:
2.3. 1000 Steps Walk
2.3.1. Ephemeral artworks: not removing any native flora from the park but rather making artworks/ sculptures/ patterns in the space and photographing these artworks?
2.3.2. Photography from the excursions and create paintings from the images. Could experiment with sustainable paints (making paints from crushed berries/ beetroot/ coffee/ tea/ spices (on home-made paper?)
3. Research project
3.1. Native species
3.1.1. Make artworks of native animals using collage/ rubbings?
3.1.2. Project about the Dandenong ranges before excursion- students already have an idea about what they are looking for so that the excursion might be more meaningful?