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Re: sculpture
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:33:22 -0500
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I have taken the weaving strips to a different direction. We have the kids pick out
images from magazines, then cut those images into strips, weave them, and then they
grid out a piece of paper, grid it, and use the woven 'collage' as a basis for a
drawing done either in colored pencil or pastels.
San D
Dennis Golombek wrote:
> I take the weaving a bit further. After the random strips are oven I take a
> thinned out acrylic gloss medium or a thinned out Elmers white glue and brush on
> top of the weaving. Into the wet weaving I scrape pastel sticks onto the weaving
> letting the colored dust settle onto certain areas of the weaving.
>
> A hint is to place the weaving onto wax paper to dry so that it easily peels off.
> You can layer the the coats of medium and make a fairly rigid piece, some of which
> that can stand by themselves if enough coats are placed on bent edges. They also
> make nice wallhangings and reliefs.
>
> Dennis
>
> Amenay2 wrote:
>
> > Along the lines of paper sculpture...here is an idea I was adapting from a 2D
> > project titled Watercolor weaveing.
> >
> > Have the student watercolor...random colors and values...some 6X22 lengths of
> > wc paper. Then cut or tear the strips into varying widths and lengths. The
> > original called for these to be woven together and glued to a piece of paper.
> > However I adapted the process and had the students weave a variety of surfaces
> > then glue and weave them together...building a 3D artform. Another teacher
> > told me she had seen this process done around plastic bottles...etc. to give a
> > form base to the project. Can be an exciting and colorful lesson. I was
> > doing this with fourth grade and am now preparing to conceptually expand it to
> > a high school project.
>
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