ART OF COLLAGE

ART OF COLLAGE
Collage is pasting bits of paper, cloth onto a flat surface to make a pictorial expression or pattern. Collage is a French word that means ‘pasting’ or ‘gluing’. In art terms it refers to the practice of attaching objects, such as bits of paper or cloth, to the surface of a canvas or other support.

MATERIALS FOR COLLAGE
1- Glue
2- Old calenders, magazines, or fabric
3- Scissors, Knife Razor blade etc
4- Broom
5- board, cardboard straw board, canvas etc.

PROCESS
STEP 1- To create collage, you need to make drawing first on a suitable surface of choice like board, cardboard straw board, canvas etc.
STEP 2- Then, several tones of different colours were cut from old calendars into tiny pieces. STEP 3- The drawing is covered with glue.
STEP 4- broomstick is dipped in glue before used to pick each tone of colour, placing each pieces together side by side until it assumed the entire working space.
STEP 5: The finished work could be placed on the wall as a mural.

Conclusively, collage is cheap to practice by students but it usually requires painstaking attempt and much patience.

ADIRE- TIE AND DYE PRACTICAL CLASS

ADIRE - TIE AND DYE.

Adire translates as tie and dye, perhaps more than any art form, Adire textile reflects
the richness of Nigerian cultural heritage. For this reason making of the Art of Adire
should be encouraged in schools, and it could be adopted as school uniforms as a way
of promoting our culture.
The Adire textiles are a viable means of which the rich African Cultural heritage
and ideas could be conveyed to other culture and outside world.
Adire, tie and dye is a resist process, which consists of tying, knotting, folding
or sewing certain parts of the cloth in a way that when immersed in dye solution,
the dye will not penetrate into the tied area of the fabric.
The production of Adire textile is done in two ways in which both are resist methods
of dying a pattern on a fabric. A part of the cloth is protected before it is immersed
into the dye bath. The resisting agent, such as rafia or cotton thread resists the dye
so as not to penetrate into the resisted areas.


THE MAKING OF ADIRE (TIE & DYE)–
.Materials For Tie & Dye:
i. Fabric- all kinds of cotton cloth are suitable.
ii. Dye
iii. Dye Chemicals- Caustic Soda, Sodium Hydro sulphite, Soda Ash, Common Salt
iv. Dye Vessels- Any vessels of enamel, Stainless, Steel and galvanized ware
are suitable for hot and cold dyes.
v. Thread- All kinds of string, Bast, T wist, Yarn, Raffia(iko), etc
vi. Spoon- For measuring and adding dye
vii. Sticks- For Stirring the Dye
viii. Scissors
ix. Rubber Gloves
x. Apron
xi. Pins & Needles
xii. Iron
xiii. Pencil, Chalk or Charcoal
xiv. Ruler
v. Polythene Bags(of all sizes)

THE PROCESS

STEP 1- THE FABRIC IS TIED INTO DESIRED DESIGN.

STEP 2- THE DYE AND THE CHEMICALS IS MIXED WITH HOT WATER.

STEP 3- DIP THE TIED FABRIC INTO DYE SOLUTION.

STEP 4- AFTER A WHILE THE FABRIC IS REMOVED FROM DYE SOLUTION AND UNTIED.

STEP 5- THE FABRIC IS WASHED THOROUGHLY TO REMOVE EXCESS DYE.

STEP 6- THEN THE FABRIC IS SPREAD TO BE DRIED.

STEP 7- FINALLY, YOU IRON THE FABRIC.

STEP 1- THE FABRIC IS TIED INTO DESIRED DESIGN.
STEP 2- THE DYE AND THE CHEMICALS IS MIXED WITH HOT WATER.
STEP 3- DIP THE TIED FABRIC INTO DYE SOLUTION.
STEP 4- AFTER A WHILE THE FABRIC IS REMOVED FROM DYE SOLUTION AND UNTIED.
STEP 5- THE FABRIC IS WASHED THOROUGHLY TO REMOVE EXCESS DYE.
STEP 6- THEN THE FABRIC IS SPREAD TO BE DRIED.


...And here are the finished works. These beautiful Tie-Dye Fabrics were done by the JSS 2 and JSS 1 Students ofFRENCH VILLAGE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, BADAGRY., LAGOS. The Art instructor is Mr. Adeniyi Olusegun Michael. Below is the principal, Mrs. Fadipe poses with some of the finished works.

THE MERITS OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE

The merits of regular physical activity — from preventing chronic health conditions to promoting weight loss and better sleep — are hard to ignore. And the benefits are ones for the taking, regardless of age, sex or physical ability. For these reasons, the school management of FRENCH VILLAGE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, BADAGRY have included PHE practical into the school curriculum. The students come out every Wednesday morning in their uniformed sport wears for sport. The sport activities ranging from Football to Tracks events, Hand ball, Hockey etc. The coordinators are Mrs. Ajao and Mr. Fagbeji Mathew.

To further buttress on the importance of physical activity, it is good to know what Physical exercise is. Physical activity is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. It is performed for various reasons. These include strengthening muscles and the cardiovascular system, honing athletic skills, weight loss or maintenance and for enjoyment. Frequent and regular physical exercise boosts the immune system, and helps prevent the "diseases of affluence" such as heart disease, It also improves mental health, helps prevent depression, helps to promote or maintain positive self-esteem, and can even augment an individual's sex appeal or body image, which again is also linked with higher levels of self-esteem. Physical exercise may help decrease the effects of childhood obesity.