Create paper weavings. | Michelle Grabner | The Art Assignment

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 09:57:04 +0000

Michelle Grabner is curator, critic, professor, and artist who works in multiple mediums, but much of her work centers around pattern and color. Her assignment asks you to recall an activity you may have done in kindergarten and explore it’s potential as a design project.

INSTRUCTIONS - PAPER WEAVINGS
1. Gather a sheet of paper to make cuts into
2. Gather other sheets of colored paper to cut into strips
3. Weave the strips into the base paper
4. Document your work and/pr your process. Upload using #theartassignment
5. Fame and glory (Your work might be in a future episode)

We then discuss Friedrich Froebel, the creator of kindergarten, that also utilized paper weavings in early childhood development.