Tapa Turtles

This term we have been learning about…

How to make a tapa cloth out of paper,How to carve properly.

I learned…

we learnt Symmetry ,Rotation ,translation ,reflection.I learnt that tapa is mostly found in Fiji and Samoa.  

I enjoyed it because…

I really enjoyed the math rotations and the hole process of doing the tapa cloth.

 

How is tapa cloth made?

Tapa is made from the inner bark of paper of a mulberry or breadfruit trees.Next you have to pound on the tapa cloth until it feels nice and smooth and soft now you have to put some wonderful designs on your tapa cloth