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2nd Grade

Frank Gehry

12/5/2016

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Frank Gehry is a Canadian-American architect most widely known for his large, titanium exterior buildings. His architecture features a lot of curves and gives his buildings a sense of movement. They have been credited with helping the economy of cities that they are featured in because of their popularity with tourists.
This was a short project that was packed full of some big art concepts for the artists. We talked about movement in art and even though Gehry's buildings don't physically move, their curves give them the sense of mevement. We also talked about form and how form is another word for 3D or something that looks like it's 3D. Lastly, we talked abotu different kinds of lines. Typically, line is something that I hit really hard with kindergarten but since I didn't have these guys in kindergarten, we needed some work on our line knowledge. We really hammered knowing the difference between horizontal, vertical, and diagonal.

We got to use shiny metallic paper on this project. The kids FREAKED! We started off by drawing a squiggly line with a sharpie that filled our paper and overlapped in several areas. Students needed to be careful that they didn't turn that squiggle into a scribble or the next step would become a little too hard. After their squiggly line, they then filled in all of the shapes it created with vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines. This was meant to look like the paneling on Gehry's buildings.
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This is their squiggly line filled in with verticals, horizontals, and diagonals after day 1.
The second class was spent cutting out our shape and then cutting 4-6 slits into the shape. I then stapled down one part of their sculpture to a black paper. They were then free to glue and curl whatever parts of their paper that they wanted, as long as their artwork took on form and wasn't flat. Some chose to glue down several parts of their project, others chose to curl some pieces in and others out.

I thought this project turned out super cool! I just wish that the photos did them justice. Because of their shiny surface, they don't show their form super well.
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9 Comments
Donna Staten link
12/6/2016 11:15:32 am

Love this! Rarely does a totally new idea come around- you nailed it!

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Devon Calvert
12/6/2016 12:17:30 pm

Thanks Donna! I was pretty happy with this project and the kids LOVED it!

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Kendra Yao
3/8/2018 04:23:38 pm

Thanks for the inspiration. I may have overdone the architectural model thing, but we had some moss for shrubbery and some students wanted to make sidewalks with construction paper. Very cool.

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Devon Calvert
3/14/2018 08:35:40 pm

That's such a great idea! I may have to do that in the future! Thanks for checking out my blog!

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Sacha Guppy link
8/2/2019 05:39:56 am

Hi Chris,
Thank you for posting your projects, I'm in the midst of planning a whole school architecture exhibition and this idea is indeed very inspiring! I'm pondering if I can buy some thicker aluminium foil and whether we could work a bit larger. PS If you are interested in my method of teaching to exhibitions, I am looking for some collaborators. https://teachingartprimaryschoolmiddleschoolsecondary.wordpress.com/

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Andi Werboff
2/20/2020 10:02:22 am

Hi. Love these. Need to find the shny metallic paper. Can you pls tell me size, and even brand, or where you got it?. I found this on Amazon, is this it?
https://www.amazon.com/Hygloss-Products-Metallic-Paper-Sheets/dp/B003JO3GQY/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=shiny+metallic+paper&qid=1582214303&sr=8-2

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Devon Calvert
2/20/2020 10:12:06 am

What you posted is the stuff that I use! I typically use 8.5x10" sized sheets, but any size paper should work. Here is a link to my Frank Gehry Youtube playlist as well with demo videos and other supporting resource videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8pqj3V3N5wxmdBbSjyLXV_npQQG5AzV5

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andi
2/20/2020 10:25:05 am

That's great, thank you! How long does the first session take? And the second class? I was hoping this would be one 60 min class, but now I see that may not be realistic, or I'd get sloppy work. 2nd grade will love this. Thanks

Devon Calvert
2/20/2020 10:49:08 am

I typically do it over two 45 minute classes. I bet if you pushed them hard and didn't get too in depth with discussing Gehry, you might be able to push these out in one 60 minute period.




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    Devon Calvert

    Harmony and Consolidated Elementary Art Teacher in Milton, WI. UW-Eau Claire graduate. WAEA President. Apple Teacher.

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