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Re: Re. Pop Art and Paper Mache for 6th grade

From: Susan Bennett (sbennett)
Date: Mon Jan 24 2000 - 16:50:50 PST

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    Years ago I did exactly that, pop art with paper mache. The students worked
    in groups creating a total McDonalds meal, other food idems etc. using odds
    and ends to create forms, along with the traditional standards of masking
    tape and newspaer. The kids enlyoye. The product looked like pop.
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    From: Erin D Coleman <erindc>
    To: ArtsEdNet Talk <artsednet>
    Date: Monday, January 24, 2000 4:53 PM
    Subject: Re: Re. Pop Art and Paper Mache for 6th grade

    >>Eliza,
    >>I was thinking about your project, and even though I am not yet a teacher
    >>(I am a college student, preparing for Art Ed.), I was remembering a good
    >>project seeing a project in elementary school, and one in a high school.
    >>The first one, was done making 3D animals using wire armatures, cardboard,
    >>whatever, and covering them first in newspaper and masking tape, then
    paper
    >>mache. A giant strawberrry would work well this way. At the high school
    >>level was masks, done in a similar way, using any unimportant found
    objects
    >>that would make a good armature. Cutting, taping, and folding cardboard
    >>from various types of cardboard boxes worked best. This required a good
    >>raiding of the recycling bins as well as opportunities for students to
    >>bring anything from plastic bottles, broken baseball bats, and peices of
    >>chicken wire from home. You would be surprised at what parents will be
    >>glad for their kids to get out of the house,
    >>erin
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