Students are enjoying the process of resist dying their tenuguis.
In this project, 4th Graders practiced what photographers call "framing" - or composition of a picture. Of the whole world around them, how does a photographer choose what to shoot? We spent some time outside capturing nature with the classroom camera. Once their photos were printed, we chose the right place to cut out our squares, which we replaced with our own drawings from observation. The result is a nice contrast between photography and drawing, observation and copying, composition and design. 6th Graders are working on their Encaustic portraits. Encaustic Painting is an ancient painting technique using beeswax mixed with a pigment as the painting medium. Examples of encaustic paintings have been found from Ancient Egypt on the Fayum Mummies, portraits of the people who are entombed within: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/18.9.2 Here are some process photos of the metal tooled portraits getting their coating of wax from crayons and shaved paraffin wax.
7th graders studied the ancient phenomena of rock balancing. We see examples of ancient humans creating human forms out of large rocks to mark a specific spot as part of the enduring desire to craft images of our own human form. The native people of the northern arctic region call these stone figures "Inuksuks." Desiring a connection with those ancient roots, 7th graders practiced their balancing skills with some rocks from the science classroom! We will soon be making our own inuksuks out of clay. |
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