Today’s lesson was derived from an old thought, a larger project designed around the conversation of religious tolerance. Can art help foster this?

Maker skills, Fostering ConversationRanitri Weerasuriya13 January 2021Sri Lanka, Art class, workshop 2019, PrayerComment

20: Attempting to Fly

The challenge: Make something that falls slowly, or make something flies in the air

Problem Solving, Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya29 November 2020Sri Lanka, Art class, Flying objectsComment

17: Eco-brick Structures

In this workshop, The Pearl Protectors and the students put their Eco-Bricks to use by building two stools and a little table.

Maker skills, Problem SolvingMuditha Katuwawala20 June 2020Sri Lanka, Colombo, Art class, Environment, Eco Brick, Marine, conservationComment

16: The Eco-Brick Workshop

The Pearl Protectors demonstrated as to how the children can build an eco-brick. For this purpose, the volunteers and the children had brought plastic waste that can be used to build the bricks.

Maker skills, Problem SolvingMuditha Katuwawala28 April 2020Sri Lanka, Colombo, Art class, Environment, Eco Brick, Marine, conservationComment

13: Building our Mini City: Reimagining Colombo

Mapping big and making a playful, colorful three dimensional model of our dream city!

9: CLAY: Exploring materiality

Is it soft? smooth? heavy? wet? As we continued spinning the bottle, the students themselves began the search for interesting materials to hand over to their blindfolded companion.

Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya24 June 2018Materials, Clay, Art class, Architecture for kids, Materiality, Texture, makingComment

8: Building an Iratu Bridge

Can Iratu hold up a stack of books? We build a bridge out of it.

Problem Solving, Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya23 June 2018Stick, Iratu, Mini Bridge, Structures, Architecture for kidsComment

5: The Cardboard Tower

We stacked the boxes back up and it looked pretty great! It was well over 7 feet tall and the kids impressed themselves with the scale of their own work.