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Butterfly Sewing
Butterfly sewing will continue with two classes that have more time using burlap and simple stitches such as the running stitch, threaded running stitch and the couching stitch. Two classes will sew on card board using the running stitch, threaded running stitch and the blanket stitch. They will finish by drawing the details of the butterfly.
Clay Animals
Second graders study animals and habitats in their science unit. They make the animal out of clay in art class and the habitat in their homeroom. They start with a cylinder of clay and add appendages by scoring the clay and adding slip as the 'glue'. They model the animal using their hands and clay tools. Once it is bisque fired they will glaze it and it will be fired a final time.
Sewing
Two classes are beginning to sew. One class, that has not missed as many classes, is sewing butterflies and learning about symmetry. Their lesson is described below. The other classes will have a modified version of sewing depending on how much time they have between finishing their weather prints and beginning their clay animals. The clay animals will be the next project which supports their second grade curriculum.
Weather Prints
Second graders have already studied weather conditions in their classrooms. We review a number of different conditions that are printed and look at how others are portrayed in a sketch with a variety of lines.They chose a weather condition and sketch it out on a piece of paper. Next the picture is transferred to a foam printing plate by pressing and drawing over the picture with a stylus stick. Once the foam is indented deeply enough, the plate is inked. Black ink is used first as the Artist Proof. The artist uses this to see how the print came out and to see if he or she needs to make changes. Each student will do at least 2 more prints in color and label them.
While some students are printing, others may opt to try a marker print using foam plates as well. For this the printing plate is covered with marker and pressed onto a damp paper. The result is a marker print in color.
Hopi Kachina Dolls
Second graders are making Hopi kachina dolls. We watched a video of a Hopi artist carving a doll from the root of a cottonwood tree. These dolls are given to the children of the tribe to teach them about the Hopi Spirits that guide them. They choose and animal or element the personifies the type of spirit they are portraying. There are many deities but we focus on the Chief, the Guard, the Runner, The Woman, the Clown, the Healer. They can create their own as long as they have a reason for why it is helpful for the tribe.
The sculptures are made from cardboard rolls, smaller pieces of wood and other found objects. They are decorated with paint, paper, material or leather scraps, sharpies, feathers, beads ,etc. The sculptures are fastened together with tacky and hot glue, masking tape, pipe cleaners and string.
Bodies in Motion Collage
The second graders are learning about the human figure in motion. They looked at multicultural dancers and athletes, then sketched what activity they wanted to portray. We looked at Miriam Shapiro's dancers. We talked about basic body parts and then they cut out the parts on the skin color of their choice. Next they dressed them and added paper details to better portray what their figure was doing
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