Embodied Banner Designs
Embodied Banner Designs
[This resource is 1 of 7 in our 2018 EMBODIED Lent Bundle of resources]
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD FOR ONE-TIME LICENSE
This Lent, create beautiful sanctuary art to illuminate the embodied theme. These designs by Hannah Garrity feature abstract imagery of mind, body, heart, and soul. We hope these designs (and our instructional materials) can simply be a starting point for you to create art and beauty that is uniquely your own. Gather a group and create together, for the creative process is just as meaningful as the final result.
Download includes:
file to print the designs as a 36"x48" coloring poster
horizontal files to project and trace the designs into two 96" x 26.5" banners
written instructions with 3 options (summarized below) for bringing these designs to life in your congregation!
(Keep in mind: if you wish to create paper lace banners, you'll want to purchase photography studio backdrop paper HERE)
Creative Options (see written instructions in download for more info):
Option C.) Paper Lace Cut-Out Banners
Suitable for: older youth (with supervision) and adults
Level of time, planning, commitment: (5 of 5 stars)
Process: Following the tutorial video below and written instructions included in download, project, trace, and cut out designs on photography studio backdrop paper to create beautiful paper lace banners.
CLICK THIS LINK to purchase White Savage Seamless background paper that is at least 53" wide.
Option A.) Coloring Posters
Suitable for: Youth and adults of all ages
Level of time, planning, commitment: (1 of 5 stars)
Process: download and print 36"x48" posters of the designs at your local print shop. Invite members to color in the designs with markers, colored pencils, crayons, etc. (pssst...we printed these files at Staples as black & white "engineering prints" for only $7: http://www.staples.com/sbd/content/copyandprint/engineering-prints.html )
Option B.) Painted Banners
Suitable for: Youth and adults of all ages
Level of time, planning, commitment: (3 of 5 stars)
Process: Follow written instructions & tutorial video to project and trace designs onto kraft paper or canvas to create two 96" x 26.5" banners. Invite members to paint the designs using tempera or acrylic paint.
Artist Statement:
"For our embodied theme this Lenten season, Lauren Wright Pittman designed our Coloring Calendar layout. I wanted to tie the banner in with her original layout. Moving clockwise from the upper left, the images represent mind, body, heart, and soul. Creating a mid-tone in the mind quadrant, a gear pattern fills the space. It represents the continual processing of our thoughts. A pattern of various breads completes the body quadrant. The bread motif speaks to our Communion ritual wherein the body of Christ is illustrated by bread. This season we aim to use our bodies as part of our contemplative study. Our continual reflective journey is represented by diverse animal tracks inside the heart in the lower right. I imagined the footsteps of us all reflecting over a horizontal midline in the heart. Lastly, the soul permeates all other quadrants by appearing in the corners, just as God’s light within us glows in all aspects of our lives."
—Hannah Garrity
Follow the steps outlined in the written instructions (included in download) and tutorial video below. PLEASE NOTE: This video shows the process of creating our Advent 2016 designs. It says to create the banners 8.5’ x 2.5’. Disregard that information and follow the measurements in the written instructions.
