4th - 8th Grade Paper Quilling

Paper quilling began in the Renaissance and was picked up in Colonial America. It is done by rolling and gluing thin strips of paper into assorted shapes and gluing them down to create figurative or abstract designs. The 4th through 8th grade students tried their hands at this unusual craft, coming up with some highly original pictures including some strips that worked their way into the three-dimensional realm.

Making a tight coil

Gluing a construction together

Working on a composition

A large symmetrical design

4-8th Graders Create Works After Giuseppe Arcimboldo

 The 4th - 8th grade students learned about the unusual Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo, who turned natural objects into fantastical portraits, such as faces composed entirely of fruit or vegetables.  In this fun assignment the students used their imaginations and powers of observation to come up with a picture constructed of something unrelated to the initial image.

A flower made of butterflies

A unicorn made of flowers taking shape

4-8th Grade Name Molas

Fourth through eighth grade students begin each fall with some form of artwork to help identify their hall lockers. This year they are learning about Molas, a fabric layering art form from the Kuna Indians of Panama. The students are using layers of colored construction paper to make abstract looking designs that secretly reveal their names upon close observation.

Getting started

Cutting the first layer

Almost done with one name

A finished mola

And one more!