Mala made from Sandalwood and
semi-precious stones
Felt bag with a beaded design of
Lord Ganesha, made on a bead-loom.
©jmg 2009
Summer Camp 2009
Art Projects for this week will involve making:
• knotting a Mala (108 beads)
• a felted bag for the mala
• a beaded "Hari OM" bracelet or bookmark woven on a loom
We will begin our summer camp art projects by knotting a 108 bead mala -- Swamiji will then teach us how to correctly use it. Students will take pieces of wool felt and sew them together to make a bag for the mala -- they can choose to decorate it or not. Then, during the last half of the week (if they have completed their mala and bag), we will teach the children how to use a bead loom and weave a "Hari OM" bracelet or bookmark. Not only will they learn how to set up (dress) their loom properly, but they will also learn to read the design from graph paper, as well as weave their design.
