Grade 4

Alice in Wonderland Card Army (Weeks 1-5)

For book week in August, we will be turning the Library into an Alice in Wonderland art installation (hopefully). Other year levels are also working on projects to add to the instillation.

The level 4's will be creating a basic Card Soldier, and then experimenting with their own new Alice in Wonderland Card creations.

Please note, I have deliberately left out the details of how to construct the sculptures. As an independent learner, you need to look at the pictures carefully to work it out!

Materials:

-For this project, I would recommend purchasing a deck of cards, but there are others ways around this... like creating your own. (They are usually around $2-$4 at $2 shops.)

-Glue (tape if you have it)

-Paper

-Pencil

-Cardboard (food packaging)

-Get creative. What materials do you have access to?

Week 1

1. You could watch Alice in Wonderland at home.

2. Watch this video on YouTube about the 2018 ACME exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1fCZLMGPw

We will be creating our own EHPS version of this

3. Watch ‘Alice in Wonderland, March of the Cards’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFyK46kjQ48

Have a look to the left of this writing at what a basic soldier looks like.

Have a look at the materials used.

Think about:

-What materials are being used (yes, you can create arms without using pipe cleaners and yes, you can use pencils and glue to create your own cards)

-How could you create the separate components

-How would you cut out these materials?

4. Draw a soldier design on paper to get a good feel of what they look like and how they could be made

Weeks 2-3

5. Thinking about everything discussed above, create a robust (strong) card soldier just like the one at the top left. To achieve this, you will need to have accurate design and cutting skills, and clever use of glue.

1st Half of Week 4

6. Now for the creative bit, designing and creating your own card soldier creations, formations or maybe something else like a card castle!

Internet image research 'alice in wonderland cards', 'alice in wonderland card artworks', 'alice in wonderland card formations', 'alice in wonderland cad castle', 'alice in wonderland card army' and other similar image searchers.

-What accessories are they carrying?

-What formations are they in?

-Check out those amazing castles! How were they constructed?

-Notice the queen?

-Have the soldiers been constructed in different ways?

-Look on the cards at the different card patterns.

6. Now you have researched, on paper or a book you have at home, start developing your ideas of what you want to make. Think deeply about how you are going to construct your artwork(s).

If you want to make a castle, would glue stick glue be strong enough? Is it possible to only use glue stick glue with some other genius engineering approach?

How about making card trees, landscapes, roads etc.

If you are making soldiers, what formation are they going to be in?

If you make a queen, should she be larger than your regular card?

Weeks 4-5

7. Start making.

8. An artwork is never finished. Give yourself feedback (what is going well and not so well). What have you discovered? What looks good or not so good? What is strong and not so strong?

9. Give yourself feedforward (Where to next). Do you need to refine, add detail or both?

10. Be proud of all your effort and what you have made :)

Learning Intention 1: To decode visual instructions

Success Criteria: I can identify the materials required to create a sculpture

I can describe the processes required to construct a sculpture

I can construct a sculpture

I can refine my sculpture for aesthetic and strength purposes

LI 2: To develop strategies for design

SC: I can research through image searches

I can use other artworks to inspire my own

I can create multiple unique designs

I can refine my designs, understanding that they need to combine aesthetic quality with practical construction.

LI 3: To identify construction strategies and develop construction techniques

SC: I can reflect on my designs and extend on them

I can identify materials and processes needed to create an artwork I am proud of

I can implement my design using targeted processes

I can reflect on my construction and refine/add detail (FB-FF)

Origami Weeks 6-10

Intro:

Origami is the art of folding paper to create a sculpture. In this unit we will discover a bit about the history of origami, and build up our skill level, leading towards creating an origami crane in week 10!

In this unit, you will be placed at the bottom of the learning pit, and you will need to work tough in your productive struggle. Making an origami sculpture is not easy but it is very rewarding. It is very rewarding because not only do you create something special simply out of one piece of paper, but you also literally become smarter through the process. Remember, whenever our brain is challenged and we work through the productive struggle with determination, persistence and resilience, we become smarter.

Materials

-Paper :) You can simply use some A4 paper and cut it into a perfect square (often you start with a square in origami), or you can go to the $2 shop/thrift shop to buy some origami paper.

Week 6 (session 1)

This week we will focus on the history of origami and learn how to fold and cut paper accurately. Once you complete the tutorials from session 1, you can move on to session 2 this week if you like.

First, let's find out a little about the history of origami. Play the following video:

2. Now you know a little about origami, let's have a look at some highly complex origami

3. For you to be successful at creating an origami sculpture, it is very important that you can fold paper accurately. The fist folds are the most important. If they are out by a bit, as you create your sculpture the small inaccuracy at the start will be emphasised more and more the more you fold. Watch this video to learn how to accurately fold paper, and practice folding some paper yourself.

4. In this next video, you will learn how to make an A4 piece of paper into square paper. Lots of origami starts with square paper. You will also learn how to cut paper without scissors.

Week 7 (Session 2): Creating your first origami sculpture

This week we will learn how to create an origami heart.

Play the following video to the end, taking not of everything the artist does. Look at the slow and steady pace he goes at. Listen carefully to what he says.
Get your square paper ready and press play. When the artist makes a fold, press pause on the video and then make your fold. Repeat this process until you have finished your heart.
Create a second heart, trying to make it even more accurate than your first.

Week 8 (Session 3) Origami Sailing Boat

This week you will be making a boat. The level of complexity is going to increase. You need to focus very carefully to the video, and make sure all your folds are highly accurate.

Play the following video to the end, taking note of everything the artist does. Look at the slow and steady pace he goes at. Listen carefully to what he says. You will notice that at times it appears the artist is folding the paper when he doesn't need to. Trust what the artist is doing, it is necessary. Around the 2 minute and 20 second mark it gets a bit complex. Watch carefully. This is what origami is all about and why it can be so complex.
Get your square paper ready and press play. When the artist makes a fold, press pause on the video and then make your fold. Repeat this process until you have finished your boat.
Create a second boat, trying to make it even more accurate than your first.

Week 9 (Session 4) Origami Crane

OK, now it is going to get really complex but you've go this! Remember:

-Go slowly

-Super accurate folds

-Be persistent and resilient

-Try your best

-FAIL=First Attempt In Learning. Have as many goes as you want, thinking about what worked and didn't (feedback), and where to next (Feedforward)

Watch the video. Look and listen carefully. Notice when the paper is being turned around. Notice the precise positioning of the folds.
Get your square paper ready and press play. When the artist makes a fold, press pause on the video and then make your fold. Repeat this process until you have finished your crane.
Create a second crane, trying to make it even more accurate than your first (self-feedback to feedforward)

Week 10 (Session 5) Free Choice Origami

This is our last week of origami. I'm sure you would have seen other origami tutorials on Youtube that looked interesting. This week you get to pick. When you have found an origami tutorial you like, have a quick look through it. Sometimes it might look easy when you see the final sculpture, but the process might be crazy complex. When you find one that will be really challenging but achievable, follow the 3 step process you have been doing for the last few weeks.

Can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Good luck :)

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