All of White Rhino Base have thoroughly enjoyed arts week. We began the week by watching Laputa: Castle in the Sky. In the film the heroes try to find legenday floating cities, this inspired us to make our own floating islands. On top of the islands we made is a Shinto shrine (Shintoism is one of the main religions in Japan) and set them in a peaceful zen garden. The film also inspired us try a cartoon style, that the Japanese invented, known as manga.
The most famous artist from Japan is Hokusai. He made paintings and prints about 200 years ago. Using card we made copies of his prints onto paper. Above you can see a picture of Kokeshi dolls that we made. The dolls are supposed to have no arms or legs but their painted faces are supposed to show sweetness.
