Second Grade Sculpture Day 1- Paper Strips With No Base

Second grade has launched their first unit of the year with sculpture!  We examined Alexander Calder's The Flamingo as well a painting he did of a different sculpture he created.  We began to discuss how a sculpture is different from a painting because it is 3D which means it has form and every view is important.  Next, each student was given the task to change the flat piece of paper into a three dimensional work of art.   We learned certain paper sculpture techniques such as folding, curling, and bending our paper.  Although each artist was given the same problem we saw many solutions.  Coming up, we will have a base as well as scissors to create more sculptures.  That will be followed by a wood and found object sculpture inspired by Nancy Graves that will be more durable then the previous pieces.

                         The Flamingo, Alexander Calder

 

 

                                      
                                                       Alexander Calder