Thursday, June 28, 2012

5th Grade Food Sculptures

This is the same clay lesson I used with 5th grade last year. (View the original post here). We talk about Pop Art focusing on Claes Oldenburg's food sculptures. The students use handbuilding techniques to make small scale food sculptures- either just the food or food on a plate or in a bowl. 
I did find a new resource this year- the Whitney Museum of American Art has a Whitney for Kids section with a page about Claes Oldenburg.

I won't write too much since it's a repeat lesson, I just thought the students did a really nice job and I wanted to share their fun results!

There were lots of healthy foods this year.


And there are always lots of treats!



4 comments:

  1. So cute! Ilike the donut at the end, but my hands-down favorite is the fabulously realistic avocado. Great lesson.

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    1. The little girl who made the avocado worked really hard to get it just right to give it to her mother.

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  2. Do you have a favorite air dry or oven dry clay that you could recommend?

    I am passing on the Versatile Blogger Award to you. You can pick it up at http://jazzyallergyrecipes.blogspot.com/2012/06/versatile-blogger-award.html.

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    1. Thanks, Lori. I am planning to try a new air dry clay this year. Crayola dried really hard but is a little less pliable to start with.

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