Grade: KINDERGARTEN
Title: Maquettes
Project Description: Students will create maquettes
(mini-sculptures) using clay and geometric mosaic tiles. Maquettes will be designed as plans (like a
sketch to a painting) for building a community art-piece.
Artists: Antonio Gaudi, Barcelona and Simon Rodia,
Watts’ Towers
Materials: Clay, mosaic tiles, clay tools (every day
objects including toothpicks and forks to aid in the art-making are
sufficient), metallic paint. Pictures
of murals, monuments, statues, etc. to use as class examples so students can
see the diversity of size and shape.
Procedure:
1.
Students mold clay into an abstract figure, designed to
represent or stand within the community. Maquettes should stand about 7” high.
2.
Various clay tools (forks, spoons, bottle caps, etc.) are used
to carve patterns into the surface of the sculpture.
3.
The maquette is painted using one color of metallic paint in
thin coats.
4.
The final step is to add pre-made mosaic tiles to maquette
structure.
5.
Tiles must be pushed firmly into clay so they dry in place.
6.
Any paint is carefully wiped clean from tiles.
Objectives:
- To
identify community symbols (such as statues in parks, murals in schools,
monuments, etc.). To find out
what they stand for and what materials have been used to create them
- To
incorporate patterns into the surface of the maquette using geometric
shapes
- To use
something from everyday life as an art-making tool
Vocabulary: Maquette, community, symbol, monument,
circle, square, straight line, curve, diagonal, vertical, horizontal
Visual and Performing
Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools:
1.0
Artistic Perception -
1.1 Students recognize and describe simple
patterns found in the environment and in works of art.
1.2 Students are able
to name art materials used in the lesson.
2.0
Creative Expression -
2.1 Use lines, shapes/
forms and colors to make patterns.
2.2 Demonstrate
beginning skill in the use of tools and processes in creating a
three-dimensional construction.
2.6 Use
geometric shapes/ forms (circle, triangle, square) in a work of art.
2.7 Create
a 3-D form.
3.0
Historical and Cultural Context -
3.3 Look
at and discuss works of art from a variety of times and places.
4.0 Aesthetic Valuing -
4.1 Discuss their own works of art, using
appropriate art vocabulary (e.g. color,
shape, form).
4.3 Discuss
how and why they made a specific work of art.
4.4 Give
reasons why they like a particular work of art they made, using appropriate art
vocabulary.
5.0 Connections, Relationships, Applications -
5.3 Point
out images (e.g. photos, paintings, murals, etc.) and symbols found at home, in
school, and in the community, including national and state symbols and icons.
5.4 Discuss
the various works of art (e.g. ceramics, paintings, sculpture) that artists
create and the media used.
