what about folk art - with an emphasis on use of resources... even
natural resources (depending on where you live)... you can look at how
cultures use what they have.. (woven African baskets - how it changes
from grasses... short supply... to phone wire - there is a great TED
lecture you can share for that one.)
Automata from cast off materials - there is an elderly gentleman in
our state who used to be a mechanical pen repairman... he makes the
neatest toys from cardboard scraps, cans, popsicle sticks... first
generation based on the candle/rubber band toy for energy.. . then
beads for chain drives... now magnets (opposites) power. Really great
stuff... we made them using whatever we could find... some purchases
of glue sticks, popsicle sticks and wood pieces.
Marble runs and kinetic sculptures... made from whatever you have... I
have a unit that required all sorts of obstacles (jumps, loops,
switches...) an elevator and an Archimedes Screw...
Ellen
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Diane Davis <dianemdavis@mac.com> wrote:
> AS our budget is shrinking to nearly nothing next year, what could you suggest to do instead of a ceramics elective for 8th grade kids interested in art? We already have a drawing and painting, altered book and sculpture elective that we can probably continue....
> Diane
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