During our final tour of the year, we explored sculptures made of metal.
Vocabulary:
assemblage / el montaje de arte
So many things are made of metal - big things, small things, smooth things, sharp things. Each student thought of something cool or important made of metal. What comes to mind for you? Students named items such as a fork, spoon, knife, car, robot, refrigerator, earrings, necklace, and a rocket ship.
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A lot of artists make sculptures out of metal, using different kinds and different methods. We studied the sculpture below at our first stop. What are these people doing? How would you describe their expressions?
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To help bring the sculpture to life, students took the pose and facial expression of one of the figures.
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Next, everyone received a drawing of the sculpture. We imagined how these people might be feeling or what they could be thinking. After adding thought bubbles for a person or two, we shared our ideas with a partner.
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| Grayson - 2nd grade |
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Zoey - 2nd grade |
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The artist, George Segal, named this sculpture Rush Hour. He did not say whether this is morning or evening rush hour. Do you think it's morning or evening? Why do you say that?
George Segal made these sculpture by first making impressions of his friends and family using plaster bandages - the same kind that doctors use to make casts for broken bones. He dipped the bandages into water, which mixed with the powdered plaster. Next he wrapped his models' legs, then their torsos, and finally their faces with the bandages. After it hardened, Segal carefully removed the dried plaster, which retained a detailed impression of the person (imagine Playdoh and the way it retains the shape of an object that is pressed into it). These plaster molds were then used to cast the sculpture out of bronze, as we see in Rush Hour.
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