Week 4: Painting with Yarn and String
Week 4 participating students put their engineering skills to the test by building paintbrushes. Students watched Jarrett Key's performance of Hair Painting No. 29, followed by a discussion about how Key is uses their body as a paintbrush and what that might represent. When building their paintbrushes, participants had material options such as different types of yarn and ribbon, tulle, embroidery thread, and gift wrap ribbon. After selecting which materials they would like to use for their brush bristles, they attached them to chopsticks or large popsicle sticks with painter's tape.