Art

This week in Art we did Marbling. 

This decorative art form was favoured by the Victorians and has been used to decorate paper for centuries.  You can see excellent examples on the inside cover of older books.

Marbling is a method of decorating paper or fabric to imitate marble and other stone where colour is suspended in a thickened liquid and manipulated into various patterns.  Paper or fabric is then laid upon the mixture and the pattern prints onto the surface

 

 

What Do I Need To Do Marbling?

You will need the following Art Supplies:

– A large tray with deep sides, a foil roasting tin or plastic tub is ideal.

– A large jug of cold water.

– Marbling inks in different colours.

– Paper

– Cocktail sticks 

Cookery

6th class together with Siobhán made some egg free chocolate chip cookies on Friday.
Here is the recipe if you would like to try them at home.

Ingredients

• • 125g butter or pure vegetable margarine, softened
• • 125g caster sugar
• • 1 tsp vanilla essence or extract
• • 200g self-raising flour
• • 1 tsp baking powder/soda
• • 1 tbsp water
• • Optional : milk chocolate chips 

MethodPreheat the oven to 180°C ,350°F or gas mark 4.
Cream the butter and sugar together(with a wooden spoon) in a large bowl until light, fluffy and golden.
Stir everything together (vanilla, flour, baking powder and chocolate chips ) to make the yummy dough.
Sprinkle some flour onto a surface and the dough. Roll out the dough and with cookie cutters cut out the shapes and lay them out onto greased, lined baking sheets. Spacing them well apart.
Bake for about 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Leave on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Store in an airtight tin for up to 2-3 weeks.