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LABYRINTH ART PROJECTS
Canvas Walking Labyrinth
The advantage of a canvas labyrinth is that you can fold it up and put it away. What you’ll need:
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Painter’s canvas from home improvement store. I used the biggest one which was 14 X 18 feet. If you wanted a bigger labyrinth, you could sew 2 together, as well.
Painter’s canvas from home improvement store. I used the biggest one which was 14 X 18 feet. If you wanted a bigger labyrinth, you could sew 2 together, as well.•Blue painter’s tape
Blue painter’s tape•Paint. I get the gallon “mistakes” at the home improvement store. You’ll need 2 colours, unless you’re leaving the canvas blank and just painting on the labyrinth lines.
Paint. I get the gallon “mistakes” at the home improvement store. You’ll need 2 colours, unless you’re leaving the canvas blank and just painting on the labyrinth lines.•Paint rollers: one a foot across, the other 2-4 inches, depending on how wide you want the labyrinth lines.
Paint rollers: one a foot across, the other 2-4 inches, depending on how wide you want the labyrinth lines.•Paint pan
Paint pan•Graph paper
Graph paper•Measuring tape
Measuring tape•Plastic drop cloth for underneath the canvas—otherwise there’s a chance of the paint seeping thru to the floor.
Plastic drop cloth for underneath the canvas—otherwise there’s a chance of the paint seeping thru to the floor.1. Map out what kind of labyrinth you want on graph paper and then convert to size of canvas. (e.g. x# of blocks = x# inches) Use measuring tape to figure out placement of lines. I tend to make these squarish to follow the form of the canvas, unlike my rounder Cretan labyrinth in my backyard.
2. Make temporary lines of labyrinth with blue tape. (Another option is to forgo the tape and draw on the canvas after the background colour is applied—but you have to be very confident in your drawing skills. Personally, the tape is a bit more forgiving).
3. With large roller, cover canvas with paint. This will be your background color. Let dry.
4. Remove blue tape. With smaller roller, apply second colour, following the lines where the blue tape was.
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Below is the labyrinth I painted for Yoga East, in Stevensville, MD. I was giving a labyrinth seminar & was going to create a temporary labyrinth outside. It was raining buckets & there was no way to build one. On to Plan B. My dilemma was creating a labyrinth that would fit in the space that would allow more than one person to walk at a time without bumping into each other. That’s how I came up with the free-flow idea. I’d seen a “Baltic” labyrinth somewhere and adapted a variation of it.
Labyrinth seminar at Yoga East, attended by 12 people. Sharon & Stu Cameron, founders, hold labyrinth walks at the Yoga East studio.
Purple Cow Labyrinth
This was a remnant of parachute fabric I bought. It measures 5 X 7 feet, so I did a free-flowing, blocky spiral design with an entrance & an exit. I used metallic paint (tube) and then did glow-in-the-dark paint on top of that. Why a purple cow? Because I’m a fan of Seth Godin, author of The Purple Cow. The cow image was clipart from Microsoft Publisher that I printed onto fabric and glued onto the labyrinth. This is really light-weight and easy to transport. You can’t use it on wood floors or slick surfaces, but it’s great on carpet, or grass.
Finger Labyrinths
Finger labyrinths are fun, portable, and easy to make. The first one is a steno book, and I make a bunch of these at a time. These make great books to keep by the phone.
What you’ll need:
•Steno book
Steno book•Wallpaper sample (you can get discontinued wallpaper sample books from your local home improvement store. I got 20 for $20).
Wallpaper sample (you can get discontinued wallpaper sample books from your local home improvement store. I got 20 for $20).•Labyrinth template
Labyrinth template•Graphite paper
Graphite paper•Pencil
Pencil•Dimensional paint
Dimensional paint•Glue
GlueCut wallpaper to fit notebook and glue.
Trace labyrinth onto wallpaper.
Apply dimensional paint.
Let dry.
My favourite way of creating finger labyrinths is to use regular copy transparency sheets (for an overhead projector). I put the labyrinth template underneath and trace over with the dimensional paint. It dries in a few hours. Then you can apply that to a note book, journal, etc. No need to mess with graphite paper or tracing.
Labyrinth Rock
After Christmas, my friend Radio Guy told me that his GF, Red Lobster, gave him a rock. It's one of those special we'll-each-keep-half kind of rocks. What am I supposed to do with a rock? he says. Hahahahaha As I was walking down my road to the postbox one day, I saw a really cool rock. So I dolled it up, and this is what I gave him for his birthday in January:
Great . . . a rock . . . he says. "You can use it as a doorstop," I said helpfully. Hahahaha
See? It's an elephant.
And of course, a labyrinth (free-handed). It glows in the dark. :-)
