Student Blog
Wood carving is an ancient tradition in Afghanistan. Afghans were using the art of wood carving for a variety of purposes. For instance, in Nuristan province carvings in wooden chairs and doors were used to symbolize the social status of a person - it was a part of their culture. Unfortunately, three decades of war have destroyed almost all of these ancient carvings. But now Skateistan students want to revive this art, so we have decided to work on wood carving for this semester. At first the students will learn about the traditional Afghan wood carving and then they can develop their own ideas.
Our students are reciting Holly Quran to pray for the injured girls in the tragic suicide attack on December 6th. They are seriously injured and they are still in the hospital we hope you all pray for them.
The girls at Skateistan have been using their artistic talent and creativity in many new and exciting ways. Henna is an important aspect of our culture; it is widely used in wedding ceremonies and Eid celebrations. In recent weeks these girls have made some beautiful and spectacular designs on many skateboards.
In addition to their Henna Skateboard designs, the Tuesday PM older girls have expressed their feelings about their teacher when they got together to paint some henna designs on her hands & arms. Expressing how they felt about their teacher’s stay while she was at Skateistan, they showed her the appreciation they have for all her hard work and efforts and wishing her best of luck in the future before her departure from Skateistan.
Sunday girls practicing Still-Life drawing.
Students in skateistan have started drawing in 7th semester and gradually they learn drawing rules.
At first it is difficult for students to draw something but gradually they get familiar with drawing and can draw something.
They are learning how to work practically and they are very interested in drawing .
They are happy to work in a group and learn from each other.
In our Book Making class the students finished making their books for the kids in Florida. The kids in Florida sent us some postcards and the students at Skateistan are going to send them books. Students put information about Afghanistan, their daily life, and designed it with the knowledge of collage which they learned in their art classes.
One of the Students with his finished book
Postcards from students in Jupiter Florida
Thanks Jerry Thomas Tigers, we hope you enjoy our books!
This week in Tuesday Afternoon older girls' class they were doing perspective drawing. The students were all really happy to be doing this.
For many of the girls, this is the first time they have done this sort of drawing. Hadija, 13, said "I'm doing drawing and skating and all different kinds of things at Skateistan." Neela, 13, said "I'm doing drawing right now and it's very interesting for me because I've never done this kind of drawing before. I love drawing."
Other students like Mariam, 10, have already been doing art and like to practice. She said "I love drawing, it's my hobby."
- words and photos by Journalism Girls' Class (Shabana, Frishta, Laila)
the collage project is very fantastic for students. this project was fun for students and they had to be very creative.
thursday am older boys class by Hamdullah and Sulaiman.
We have set up a Book Making class for our students at Skateistan. In this class we are also doing an exchange with students in Florida. The students in Florida made us postcards and sent some pictures of their work, we are making some books with information about Afghanistan and the daily life of our students.
Fazila working on her book
Hi from Book Making class in Kabul !!!
Students in Florida making artwork to share with us :)
This is a few of us from Film Class, Semester 7. We are learning different camera shot and how to edit in Final Cut Pro.
Authors: Hamdullah and Sulaiman
