History

1. History • The Huichol Indians of Mexico are known for their yarn paintings. They would take beeswax which they melt in the sun, and spread it over a piece of wood. They then push colored yarn into the wax to create images. You can easily recreate your own yarn painting using glue and various colors/thicknesses of yarn.

2. Sun and moon

3. Moon and sun with shapes cut out

4. Yarn Paintings by Annie Greene January 15 - March 13, 2007 Annie Green is an artist and retired educator currently living in La Grange, Georgia.  She is best know for her images crafted in yarn, a unique medium she began to explore in the 1970's.  Greene's yarn paintings frequently reflect culturally and socially relevant imagery from her life as an African American woman in the rural South.

5. A child at play of a family moment

6. Out door scenes of people

7. People and family draw with yarn with fabric accents

8. What You Do: • After deciding on an image (do a number of sketches first), draw your final idea on the wood or cardboard, taking care to leave lots of space between lines. (Remember, the yarn is thicker than your pencil lines). • Make sure your yarn is cut into manageable lengths. • Spread a small amount of glue onto one side of your wood or cardboard. • Work left to right or right to left filling in as you go. • Be sure to flatten the yarn as you work and take care that no background shows through between the yarn. • Once the glue has dried, you can spray with a store bought varnish, or mix your own sealer by using a glue and water mixture (80% glue 20% water).