ACTIVITY Go outside and focus on something you want your bark bookmark to represent. Will you decorate it to teach through images, like the BARK Nahua, or express an artistic vision? Focus on anything you see in nature to inspire your artwork. PAPER Create a nature drawing on your bark paper bookmark with marker! Collect items WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO USE from nature in order to make IT your artwork unique. REFERENCES https://study.com/academy/lesson/amate-bark- BARK PAINTING painting-facts-history-designs.html https://www.lafuente.com/Mexican-Art/Bark-Paintings/ https://www.amazon.com/Unique-Bookmarks-Painted- Mexican-Library/dp/B07FRLTD3M/ref=sr_1_5? dchild=1&keywords=amate+paper&qid=1603921698&sr=8- 5 https://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1081-amate-art- of-mexico-where-the-secular-meets-the-sacred/ HISTORY OF BARK PAPER In ancient , native peoples like the Maya and Nahua made paper out of wild fig, nettle and mulberry tree bark to use as a canvas to paint on The Maya used bark paper to develop their while the Nahua used it to record their histories, rituals, science, AMATE PAPER AND THE math and economics PEOPLE EXAMPLES "Amatl" was the name of the bark paper used by the Nahua people of Mexico When the Spanish arrived, the traditional use of bark paper was lost, except in a remote village by the Otomi people After the Mexican Revolution, Amate started receiving more praise and attention

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