Educating Students in the 21st Century
| Studio Art Historical Figure Sculptures | |
I like to end the year with this sculpture lesson because kids love learning clay techniques. With end-of-the-year excitement, I can always reel them in with this one. Since some of my Studio Art students have never worked with clay before, we start with basic hand building techniques like pinch pots, coils, and slabs. After the students build confidence from playing with the clay, they brainstorm, sketch, and then sculpt a historical figure.  |
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| Topic(s): high school class 2010 3d sculpture clay | |
| By Heather on November 15, 2011 at 11:02am EST | Add Comment |
| Studio Art Wire Self-Portraits | |
 After teaching the proportions of the human face, students practice drawing themselves. Then students transform those drawings into expressionistic wire sculptures. I love the way these look with the cast shadows. This is a nice project that introduces working three dimensionally with just line. |
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| Topic(s): high school lessons 2010 3d self-portraits sculpture | |
| By Heather on November 15, 2011 at 8:46am EST | Add/View Comments (2) |
| Look What I Found! | |
Creature Discovery My 8th graders created small creature sculptures from an explorer, scientist, or an environmentalist point of view. This 3D sculpey project is introduced at the emergence of spring. The class share lots of stories about childhood fascination with frogs, tadpoles, turtles, crayfish, fireflies, etc. That wonderful curiosity should be remembered and harnessed.  Sometimes we create an environment inside a recycled container and write stories about this new discovery. The end product is heavy in Science and English concepts that strengthen the artist's message. We have so much fun with this project!  |
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| Topic(s): middle school lessons 2010 sculpture 3d | |
| By Heather on November 14, 2011 at 8:49pm EST | Add Comment |
| Kinetic Sculpture | |
Kinetic Sculpture is art in motion. High School students learned about Alexander Calder's popular hanging mobiles and also contemporary artist Katy Stone's beautiful sculptures that interact with air and light.Students' sculptures were created out of lightweight transparent film. The process was similar to that of Katy Stone. Students painted on the surface of transparent film with an acrylics gel medium mixture so the colors would mix and cast interesting shadows as the pieces overlapped. This project was an excellent task in problem solving since these sculptures were created without glue or tape. They were assembled with a tab and slit connection so it could be rearranged if needed.  The kinetic sculptures looked beautiful hanging in front of my windows with the clouds as a backdrop and the light spring breeze moving them gently. Nature was a fundamental element in these sculptures because of their organic quality and also how the environment affects the sculptures in different ways. I was very excited to find out recently that the sculpture at the top right, "Shower", won a Gold Key at the Scholastic Art Awards. He worked very hard on this sculpture and deserved this recognition. Please click on artwork below and enjoy! 
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| Topic(s): high school lessons sculpture | |
| By Heather on April 7, 2008 at 10:55am EDT | Add/View Comments (5) |
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