Creativity in the classroom and in life
With the technique of slabs of clay here is an activity for the children of the Primary School on the subject of Ancient Egypt. The realization of a box-sarcophagus with a mummy inside! The box was painted with engobes after the first firing and then glazed for the second firing. Here are the phases of construction. … [Read more...]
On May 19, I led a "pop-up card workshop" to teach how to build a card pop-up inspired by roman arenas, particularly by the Colosseum in Rome and the Arena in Verona. The Workshop was organized by the Italian Cultural Centre of Bristol and involved a dozen children who have designed, cut out and built their imaginative and colorful pop-up arena. … [Read more...]
With the pupils of Year 3 of Cherry Garden Primary School we realized these pop-up card to summarize their topic about the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. Every student realized a colorful pop-up card with his own drawing. Here are the full instructions and below are the wonderful results! … [Read more...]
I thought about an ancient (or modern ) architecture realized in 3D with pop-up cardboard: was a challenge for me understand how to realize a complicated architecture as the Colosseum in Rome, but is a geometrical and mathematical problem that we can solve even with student of grade 9. This pop-up needs an accurate project, so could be interesting to take up the challenge to create some famous … [Read more...]
An idea to present the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World is a booklet pop-up where we can see them all together, as in a small theater sets. We need felt-tip pens, colored cardboards, ruler, scissors and glue. First we draw the 7 wonders on a white cardboard and then cut out. After we can paste the three largest images on one side of the booklet. After that turn the booklet over and cut four strips … [Read more...]
Still about China, what better way to reproduce the huge Terracotta Army of Xi’an, except through a printing technique? We used the most simple and cheap: - foam engraved with a sharp pencil - acrylic paint applied with a flat brush - printing on colored card with hand pressure Every student could prepare one soldier and print it 5-6 times.. so your Army shall be … [Read more...]
A simple system to simulate an ancient parchment is to use coffee to paint and stain the paper ! … [Read more...]
An idea for a pop-up castle! You just need some cardboards of different colors, and follow the instructions: you must fold the dashed lines and have to cut the continuous lines... Help the children in cutting! … [Read more...]
Doric, Ionic or Corinthian? None of that! The students of year 7 have created their capitals Order Free, Magic and Fantastic, assembling animal legs, margins of leaves, insect wings and profiles of strange beasts. After drawing the parts in perfect symmetry as required by the Greek architectural tradition, the colors have been added to the final marker with finishing touches and shading in … [Read more...]
I’m an Italian art teacher and I'm glad to teach now in a Middle School of North Italy. This blog is a place to share, swap, and explore lessons, educational systems, techniques and creations in other art classrooms around the world. [...]
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