The
boys of Bosco Boys Home, (BBH) Borivali were treated to a 3 day session on craftopia
by Ms. Eleesha D’souza,
a Fashion stylist, who has worked with production houses like Sharp Pencils,
Fantom Films, Good Fellas, Wise Guy and Excel Media and Entertainment from
25th May to 27th May, 2019.
Craftopia is a brainchild of Ms. Larrisa and
Ms. Eleesha The two have completed their Masters in Home Science. Ms. D'souza.
is currently a Lecturer at The Synthetic and Art Silk Mills’ Research
Association (Sasmira) and guest lecturer
at various Fashion design colleges; as well a full time hobbyist. "Maid of
Honor" is a bridal wear brand conceptualized by her which offers gowns,
gift articles and wedding accessories. Whereas Ms. D'mello has been part of an
NGO that trains teachers for the past 4 years and actively conducts Camps for
kids during vacations.
The Day 1 theme was Vegetable
printing on Cloth bags. Day 2 the boys learned how to make Pop-up Cards and on
the last day the boys participated in making Clay Moulding Craft.
“Fabric printing is an extensive
process usually not for children. We have simplified the activity using cut
vegetables and paint to accomplish this task. This activity focused on the
sense of sight. Engagement of sight with various colours, shapes and texture.
Varied sizes of potatoes were used by the children, with shapes cut out. The
children found this activity very interesting and made good final products out
of the art. Pop-up cards are a very creative way wishing anyone. Handmade cards
gives one the opportunity to express themselves and adds a unique flavour to
that expression. This activity explores the sense of touch & sight. Sight
helps with the placement of artworks and touch helps in the additional of
various tactile textures. The children brought with them a number of ideas and
plans to make a different card. The children were taught a simple paper cutting
and folding technique. They filled the rest of the card with some crayons,
sketch pens and a lot of imagination. Clay moulding is a sense of touch
activity. It helps children develop their fine sensory motor skills. Clay
moulding is one of the most enjoyable activities for children. Mixing, rolling
and moulding clay takes a lot of time and effort which the children
accomplished with very little trouble. They made small display bowls out of air
drying clay and painted it in various colours.” Shared Ms. D'souza
Pratik Gade, a 5 standard boy said,
“Thanks Eleesha Didi for showing me how to make
pop-up cards, now I will use this method to make Welcome, Thank you and
Birthday cards.”
Dn. Romero D’Souza the Prefect of
Studies of the boys while explaining the concept behind this session shared, “Craftopia's
Summer Sensation is an elaborate series of activities planned for children to
understand and hone all the 5 senses while learning a new craft each time.
These activities are a good way for children to enjoy and are put their
creativity to good use. I thank Eleesha for her kind
gesture and spending these 3 days with the boys teaching them and helping them
explore their creative talents to the full. ”
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