Joseph Cornell Boxes (projects)

These are the results from this project. Remember, they were supposed to apply the principles of design to create boxes whose interior contrasts with the exterior. As usual I am super pleased with the results, 10th graders rock! You can click on the images to make them larger.

This one speaks about juvenile delinquency

While this one is a critique to plastic surgery and our society´s obsession with "beauty"

 

 This one reflects the contrasting cultures of Asia, from very traditional to ubermodern

 

This one, like the next, says a little about how sometimes people can be very standoff-ish but are actually very sweet inside

This was an elementary school favorite! Seriously, I had to wrestle it away from 5th graders almost on a daily basis

Sculpting heads out of Play-Doh

9th graders are finishing a unit on prehistoric art and we are gearing up for a clay workshop. Their assignment is to create an idol statuette, sort of like the Venus of Willendorf, but of their own design. In the meantime, we had a trial run the other day using Play-doh. Following a You Tube tutorial, they had to sculpt tiny heads. I love this project because they get to loosen up a lot and the soft, malleable material allows for very expressionist creations. Here are some of the most creative examples.