We made Hundertwasser towers at art in our recycling unit. Children loved it. The rule is, do not go too high because as a teacher you will struggle. 4-5 cups and no more!
sculpture
Topographic sculptures
Convexity and concavity. Sculpture and relief. Topography and amphitheatry.
Am I warm? Am I cool? Am I big? Am I small? Am I winter? Am I summer?
Louise Bourgeois with kids
This time we worked on madame Bourgeois. We browsed through a really nice book, Lied für Louise , and we talked about her life quite a bit. You can’t avoid it when discussing such a prominent lady.
The children did the spiders (one made an octopus) out of wire that they’ve taped over to reach some more volume and then they wrapped the base in plaster bandages (fun!!). They painted them black with Ecolite during our second class but I forgot to take photos 
The spiders were a bit scary looking but we all knew the story behind so they were just pretty to us.
Giacometti was here!
20 small fingers and 10 clever heads were working hard to make these beautiful statues.
We talked about Giacometti and we tried various techniques for this project. Also clay, if only to learn we don’t come third as high as Giacometti’s figures are.
This surfers are made out of wire which children taped to get a bit of a volume. Next step is wrapping plaster bandages around the wire bodies. This part was fun and messy. We then fixed them on a wooden surfaces and they painted them with black ink. The colour on still wet base becomes nicely rustic. Children also made silhuets of their sculptures out of black paper.
See the beautiful connections between the 3D objects and the silhuetes.
I find them so sooo nice I just have to upload all of the photos! Happy surfing guys!
