Tune in every Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Instagram Live as ROM Kids Coordinator and Camp Director Kiron Mukherjee combines his passion for children’s education with storytelling to bring to life science, history and art for you and your loved ones in the comfort of your own home. Kiron will share activities, easy at-home crafts, behind the scenes anecdotes and fun facts—all connected to the ROM collections.
This time on the ROMKids Show we go back through one hundred years of history to learn about the many women that helped shape the Museum! Archivist Charlotte Chaffy joins us to shine a light on the industrious, creative, and resourceful women, like Margaret MacLean, Sylvia Hahn, and Mrs. HD Warren, for which the ROM would not be the same without. Then, drawing on inspiration from ROM artist, Sylvia Hahn, we’ll practise our stamp printing!
MATERIALS:
- foam sheet (like the one from a meat container) or a potato
- dull pointy object (I used a pencil)
- paint and brush
- paper
1. On your sheet, draw an object, making sure that the indent you leave is wide and deep, without breaking the sheet. This is the relief that will appear when we stamp later. If you do a word, make sure to do the letters backwards, as when we stamp it the image is flipped! It’s best to indent more of the page than less, as it will help your design really stand out!
2. Paint over your stamp so that it will leave an imprint after. If your grooves are too full of paint use your brush to lift it out.
3. Carefully stamp your image onto a piece of paper. Press on top of the image to really make sure your image comes through!
4. There you have it! Make as many stamps as you want, using different colours, and different papers. I’m sure Sylvia would be proud of your work!
As the ROMKids Coordinator & Camp Director, Kiron is the public face of the Royal Ontario Museum’s family and children’s programs. Kiron started volunteering at the ROM at age 14 and has never looked back. Though he majored in history at York University, Kiron also considers his early years as a ROMKids camper to be a highly formative part of his education. Now, he strives to provide engaging and educational kids’ programming so that future generations can look back on their ROM experiences as fondly as he has.
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