Holton Rower Relief Sculpture Drip Paintings

5^th Grade made these relief sculptures.  They explored how gravity can play a part in what we make, how colors can mix and swirl and how a lack of control in what we do can sometimes give us happy and inspiring surprises.

Questions that led the way………………………………………………………>>>>

·       Who is Jackson Pollack?  Who is Holton Rower?  Compare and contrast their artwork.

·       What is a sculpture and how can I create one?

·       What elements and principles of art will I consider when planning out my design? Show me.

·       Be inspired.  How can I use my 5 senses to share my personal vision?



Holton Rower

 



 



Thank you 5th graders for cleaning up and making it look spotless. Needless to say, I figured out a way to avoid this messiness for my other 5th grade classes. Live and learn.



Crowd pleasers - well done 5th grade!



There was no right or wrong way to arrange their mat board . I love how this one really thought about gravity when gluing her pieces in place.

A cube = wonderful idea (similar to how Holton Rower pours paint over top pedestals)

depth in our relief sculptures - looks so neat looking down the halls

Paper Relief Sculptures

After watching a video clip of 3-dimensional art made out of just one piece of paper, 4th graders were amazed that so much can be made from so little.  We were inspired to create our own paper sculptures with careful attention to how we balanced our compositions.  I love how they turned out and they look great displayed together in a large space.  I think next year we are going to up the challenge and truly use only one piece of paper.  I can't wait!

Preparing display



an interesting perspective

 

Ikebanas

Last school year, I set off to learn more about Japanese art, particularly clay.  I guess I was just bored of making tea bowls with my second graders.  Now, tea bowls are wonderful and as a ceramist, I have deep respect for the tradition.  I just wanted to change it up a bit.  I stumbled upon Ikebana (the Japanese art of flower arranging),  so I decided to explore this idea of playing with balance in how we can arrange flowers as well as what a vase can look like.

 Everyone loved making these so much last year that I decided to make them again.

Vases drying - textured slabs attached to a pinch pot base

Glazing

 

Proud moment

More happy artists



Display



* Be sure to look at my previous post from last year for other images.

Figurative Sculpture

After drawing gestures sketches of our classmates, we picked our favorite to turn into a sculpture.  The artist Alberto Giacometti influenced us. 

We added shadows to give them more dimension