Tuesday, January 19th
Class Overview
Unlike many of the other arts that we have studied from the Bible that were held in respect, working with leather was not one of them! A tanner's job was anything but pleasant, and therefore, tanners did not hold an esteemed job. We learned that during that time, a lot of tanneries were located by the sea; this was both for the use of salt water in the tanning process, but also to help cover the stench!! Some of the materials used to turn animal skins into leather was just plain gross, including animal dung... Students answered trivia questions to discover some of the uses of leather recorded throughout the Bible.
Project
We made "faux" leather using brown paper bags, and turned them into bookmark corners.
Assignment
Find a passage (a couple to a few verses) in the book of REVELATIONS, that speaks of or describes the beauty and design of HEAVEN.
Manchester, NH based fine arts program for homeschool students
