We continue with the art-ivities at the Creative Remix workshop that I facilitated at the Roundhouse Centre. Today I bring you SPIN ART!

Turn things you already have at home into fun spin art machines! Try what we used in class — a mini toy gear and a salad spinner…

A- Spin Art using a Mini Toy Gear

I was looking for something I could use to make spin art. I found this toy gear at a Thrift Store. Here goes…

1. Using masking tape, secure the mini round paper to the platform of mini machine
2. Press/use different coloured markers onto the paper while the machine is spinning
3. Keep adding colors until you are satisfied with the results.

Here are some of my students’ works:

Then we turned them into key rings, by using self-adhesive laminating sheets, strings and rings… check out their final creations

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B- Spin Art using a Salad Spinner

Here is another fun and simple tool to use to create beautiful spin art…the salad spinner.

1. Using masking tape, secure the paper onto the basket of the salad spinner 
2. Apply paint (acrylic or tempera) by hand, brush or by squirting it onto the paper, cover and then spin away!!!
3. Open spinner, check results, keep adding paint and spin until you get desired results.

Optional: Spritz a bit of water if you want the paint to flow more (as long as paper quality allows it).

Here are some of my students’ fabulous salad spinner creations:

Here is an option as a post-spinning activity… “Figure it out!” Get the students to look at their spin art and find the figure or hidden image in their work and highlight it with a black sharpie. This is a great activity for expressive arts therapy.

Here is my spin art figure: “Dreaming of Flight”