Artist Study with Kids: Alexander Calder
We had an artists week in art camp concluding summer (yeah, it's taken me this long to post everything). I've already shared with yous our Henri Matisse "painting with scissors" collage projection, and our Siona Delaunay paintings. Today I am presenting you with our Alexander Calder face sculptures. Ta-dah! Aren't they then fantastic?
Alexander Calder was an American creative person of the 20th century who was know for his playfulness with his art. From his iconic hanging mobiles to his drawings, jewelry, imaginative toys, and circus rendering (my fave!) Calder always put a smile on people'due south faces.
I was hoping the kids would be excited nearly working with wire because it was such a new textile. And I was right! They actually worked hard and almost got blisters from all of that bending! Just it was thrilling, too.
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Supplies:
~ wire
~ wire coat hanger (bent into a circle)
~ scissors
~ colored tapes
Process:
Step 1: I started by sharing the images and words I had put up on the wall. We besides looked through this cool pop-upwards volume
Step 2: Adjacent I gave them each a few 2-pes pieces of wire (they cut information technology with pair of scissors). I explained that we couldn't just make two eyes, a olfactory organ and rima oris. They would not only float in the air. We had to connect them to the sides. They totally got this, even though information technology was hard. (And it didn't help that I bought the wrong wire which was a bit thicker and harder to dispense). The kids were ages 9, 7, 6 and 5. All but the 5-yr onetime did it completely on their own. The 5-twelvemonth one-time needed some assist with bending it around the sides of the coat hanger.
Footstep 3: When their faces were done, I brought out some colored wire for hair and some colored tapes.
Voila! I wish I could take kept them. They were then inspiring to me. Kids are simply so free and nonjudgmental in their expressions and interpretations. I want to be a kid once again sometimes merely so that I can work without hesitation.
Oh, and I did a pre-m version for the four-yr olds. They used pipe cleaners and record!
Permit me know what yous think, and maybe even you lot and your kids could try this! There are and so few supplies so it's actually quite fun and like shooting fish in a barrel (the bending of the coat hanger is the hardest function, but not really that hard at all).
Cheers for reading!
xo, Bar
{Update: I recently found this image on Pinterest. They combined plastic cording with the wire. Stunning!}
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