In this lesson, the students used pipe cleaners to make animals for a "zoo." These stylized animals were an attempt to create a three dimensional sculpture. This caused the students to think about the way that lines work in space, how three dimensional artworks require a different planning processes than two dimensional artworks, and how abstract representation can be identified. This was a one-day lesson.
Essential Understandings
Artists use symbols and stylistic choices to express their identity. Artists practice and combine different materials in their sketchbook to take creative risks for their final project. Learning Target
Students will make an animal out of pipe cleaners for their classroom zoo. " I can make an animal out of pipe cleaners using warm or cool colors for my class's zoo." Art Focus
Students will know:
Literacy Focus Defining vocabulary words such as line, two-dimensional art, and three-dimensional art. |
Skills
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Key Concepts
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Introduction
At the beginning of the lesson, students learned about animal sculptures made by Alexander Calder and Ruth Jensen. They reflected on how 2-D drawings could be converted into a 3-D animal form, and how this could be achieved by bending pipe cleaners into simple gestural lines or weaving them into complex realistic forms.
Work Time
During work time students had to convert their sketches into a 3D animal form using pipe cleaners. During the process students were able to talk to me about the basic features of their animals, such as " I know a lion has a long spine and four legs so I am going to use a long pipe cleaner and curve it to make the body where the legs can connect." Similarly another student said " penguins have a round head and body so I am going to make my pipe cleaners into a circle."
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