Lesson 3: Food Collage

Objective: To have children create a collage of a meal by using geometric, organic, and free-form shapes.

Vocabulary:

collage - An artwork made by gluing bits of paper, fabric, scraps, photographs, or other materials to a flat surface.

free-form shapes - Made-up shapes that may use geometric shapes, organic shapes, or a combination of geometric and organic shapes that are created by the human imagination or manufactured.

geometric shape - Shapes used in math that have straight lines with angled corners or circular shapes with regular curves. There are two categories of geometric shapes: ovoid and polygon.
Ovoid Shapes: circle, semi-circle, sector, oval and egg.
Polygon Shapes: triangle, square, rectangle, kite (diamond), rhombus, trapezoid, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon, etc...

organic shape - A natural shape that is made up of curved or irregular lines. Organic shapes appear in nature.

shape - A flat (two-dimensional) object that has length and height and creates an closed space. Shapes can be geometric, organic, or free-form.

Desserts by Wayne Thiebaud

Geometric Shapes

What does Desserts by Wayne Thiebaud show? What shapes can you find? Shapes like circles, squares, and triangles are geometric shapes.

Untitled by Doris Lee

Organic Shapes

Trace the shapes you see in Untitled by Doris Lee. What kind of lines did the artist use to make the shapes. The fruit in Untitled are organic shapes. Organic shapes are natural shapes that are made up of curved or irregular lines.

Bicycle Wheel by Marcel Duchamp

Free-Form Shapes

What objects do you see in this artwork? Look at how the objects have of both geometric and organic parts. Free-form shapes are created by the human imagination or manufactured

Studio Time: Food Collage

Materials:

construction paper, scissors, glue sticks or glue, paper

Plan

Think about your favorite meal. Think about the shapes of the food, cup, plates, bowls, and utensils (silverware).
Check list:
- Geometric shapes = cup, plate, bowl
- Organic shapes = food
- Free-form shapes = utensils (silverware), bottles, and other human made objects

Create

Cut out geometric shapes, organic shapes, and free-form shapes to show a meal you like.
Arrange your objects.
Glue everything to a paper place mat (construction paper).

Challenge: Abstract Collage

Create patterns, designs, or motifs with construction paper then cut out geometric shapes and assemble into a collage.