Art Treasure Boxes

For this project the students were free to choose from our two art treasure boxes.
The first group decided to create architectural compositions by using long wooden sticks and paper plates.
The second group decided to use paper and acrylics to create flowers with interesting colorful patterns.

(G1) Sunflowers Part II

The students completed their sunflower project.

It took us four sessions, but the results were worthwhile. 

(G3,G4) The End of The Year Roses Part III

Today it was the day to carry our giant roses outside.

We discussed how Will Ryman's roses were installed on Park Avenue.

We decided to install ours in the Nature Trail of our school.

Our giant roses became part of the environment.   

A group picture holding our giant roses.

                                       

Holding my rose.

I am taller than my rose.

I am leaning just like my stem.

I am proud of my giant rose.

One beautiful face, two lovely roses.

A happy face, holding a beautiful rose.

A smiley face, holding a giant rose.

Hugging my giant rose.

This giant rose is heavy!

(G1) The End of The Year Roses (Part II)

We completed our project on the concept of scale based on the work of Will Ryman's roses.

Our roses will decorate our stage for the end of the year Flag ceremony.

Our cluster of roses in their full glory.

It is all about roses and the color pink.

Will Ryman would have been very proud of our roses.

Getting ready for our group picture.

Two smiley faces.

I am proud of my rose. 

My rose and I.

A happy face holding a beautiful rose.

Yes, this is my giant rose.

Our smiley roses.

Roses of New York meet the roses of Chesterbrook Academy.

The concept of scale in art (The roses of Will Ryman) Part I

Project objective(s):
- Discuss the concept of scale as found in Will Ryman's work
- Examine the connection of art and the environment
- The variety of materials in creating large scale works
- Create your own gigantic roses in the style of Will Ryman

Will Ryman is a New York based artist who created 38 large scale sculptures of rose blossoms towering as high as 25 feet. In every cluster of roses he placed a ladybug, beetle, aphid or bee, thus making reference to the viewers' own bug's- eye- view of his gigantic roses.

“With these roses I wanted to do something that was larger than life and site-specific. In my work I always try to combine fantasy with reality. In the case of The Roses, I tried to convey New York City’s larger than life qualities through scale; creating blossoms which are imposing, humorous, and hopefully beautiful,” comments artist Will Ryman.

Beauty "roses", and the Beast " the buildings".

His work forces the viewer to look at things from a bug's -eye- view.

Will Ryman and his gigantic roses in the artist studio.

Since this will be a large scale project I decided to include Kindergarten, second, third and fourth grade students.
This project provides an excellent opportunity for students to understand cooperation and exchange of ideas. The final product will be displayed in our school's library.

Materials for the roses and brunches
Freezer Paper, Plastic Coated, 75ft
Tempera paint
Liquid water color
Masking tape, or glue
Brunches of trees ( fallen from our trees in our school's Nature Trail)
Aluminum foil

The Kindergarten students painting the sheets of the Freezer paper.
We painted the dull side of the paper.

Understanding the problem with scale.
Not enough space on the table for the large pieces of paper.

The paper is dry and ready for folding.

We covered the brunches in aluminium foil.

Third and fourth grade students hard at work.
The involvement of our bodies in completing our task.

Second, third and fourth grade students are folding the paper to create the petals of the roses.
We marked the center of the Plastic Coated side of the freezer paper and pinched it.
We used our fingers to manipulate the folds of the paper to resemble rose petals.

We placed folded masking tape on the center of each sheet of paper and placed the additional pieces of paper on top of each other. The top three pieces of paper were cut progressively smaller.

The first part of this project is accomplished.

Two blooming roses.