Completed Wire Portraits

Contours, contours, contours! 

This was the last part is a series of lessons on portraits and contour line drawings. We spent a little time looking at Calder's work- especially his wire sculpture- before working with stovepipe wire and pliers. A rustic cardboard background provides stability and depth to this project.

Collaboration artwork: 94 7th graders, a three yr. old and Mrs. Hare

Here it is! The finished piece! What started as an experiment of 7th graders rolling paper tubes turned into a pretty cool collaboration 3D assemblage. 

We spent a few spare minutes a couple of weeks ago rolling strips of paper into tubes. Each student rolled an average of 10 in the time given. We weren't really sure what we would do with them all but good thing we made so many! Assembling them all together took Mrs. Hare and her three-year-old son about 2 1/2 hours (Emerson helped dip them in glue).  A little glitter spray and rhinestones complete the "super nova" look. This piece is going to be displayed at the district art show during the month of March. Come check it out at the Becker Public Library!