Term 2, 2022 Manga are Japanese comics or graphic novels and they are very popular in the Library at AHS. The storytelling is created through very expressive black and white line drawings with limited reliance on text. The world of Manga is multi-billion dollar industry, immensely popular with people of every age in Japan and…
Category: 2022 Cre8 Lab
Cre8 Lab Workshop #3 3D design and 3D printing
Term 2, 2022 Creating with 3D digital design platform Tinkercad, our Cre8 Lab students used codebocks to create and print a pendant design. 3D printing has influenced so many professions and industries from building and engineering, to sport and medicine, to name but a few. Providing our students with the opportunity to learn about the…
Cre8 Lab Workshop #2 3D Pop Up Cards
Term 2, 2022 Simple, creative and clever. To celebrate Mother’s Day our Cre8 Lab students made 3D pop up cards using paper and cardboard. The design lies flat when the card is closed and springs open to a bouquet of beautiful paper flowers and leaves. Our students enjoy working together in the Celestine Art Centre…
Cre8 Lab Workshop #1 Drones
Term 2, 2022 What a Buzz! This week in Cre8 lab we worked with our fleet of AHS drones. Students connected our Tello drones via Bluetooth to handheld flight controllers to manually fly the drones through obstacle courses and challenges. This enabled the students to develop skills in manual take off, flying and landing skills….
3D Tinkercad Design and Printing
Term 1, 2022 Cre8 Lab student learned about 3D design platform Tinkercad. Tinkercad lets users create objects by manipulating shapes before adding or subtracting them from other shapes. Tinkercad is an intuitive program that the students quickly picked up to get started on their 3D models. Students can then save their design files and transfer…
Blackout Poetry Competition
Term 1, 2022 Blackout Poetry is a form of “found poetry” where you select words that inspire you from a page in a book. Then you “redact” all the words you don’t want. This is often done with a black marker, hence the name “blackout poetry”. Your chosen words will form a new message, giving the text a whole…
Macramé Coasters
14th October, 2021 Cre8 Lab students learned to make round macramé coasters. Macramé is the ancient art of knotting rope to make textiles that create useful and artistic objects. The coasters are made from two types of knots: larks head and clove hitch. The knots follow a circular pattern and the pattern develops with additional…
Cre8 Lab Workshops Term 2, 2022
A Sneak Peek Looking for something fun to fill your lunch break? Come and join us in the Art rooms for some creative activities where you will build friendships, learn new art techniques (no experience required) and have some fun! Check out the program below in this short presentation.
Cre8 Lab Workshops Term 1, 2022
A Sneak Peek We have some exciting workshops planned for the Cre8 Lab Term 1 2022! We look forward to creating, inspiring and exploring with you. Check out the program below in this short presentation.