Want to make a friendship bracelet? The Tate will show you how!
You make the bracelet by tying lots of small knots. This creates a pattern. You can have lines, zig-zags and even arrows! This is a type of weaving. Lots of artists use weaving to create their art.
One artist who did a lot of weaving was Anni Albers. Here she is using a large machine to create big textile patterns.
Anni Albers studied weaving and textiles at the Bauhaus art school in Germany. She believed that textiles are a type of art and as important as painting or sculpture!
Anni travelled a lot in her life. She spent some time in South America. These trips influenced the patterns and designs of her textiles. Have you been somewhere which has inspired you?
You will need:
- 4 different colours of thread (64cm of each)
- Scissors
- Sellotape
Send photos of your bracelets and in a time when we are apart, think about who you might want to make a friendship bracelet for.
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