Hi! I'm the Art Docent for Mrs. Gahnberg's afternoon Kindergarten class at Lakeview. We will get together about once a month. I have a lot of fun projects planned and am excited to share them with your kids!
I will place the lesson plans and photos of the art work after each lesson and you can view these under the links below:
'Inspiration in Copper' Art Auction Piece Created by Mrs. Gahnberg's Kindergarten class - 2007
This indoor /
outdoor sculpture is an inspirational conversation piece. How often do
we realize the dreams we had as children, maybe in our careers, hobbies
or interests. We may not become actual astronauts, but will instead
build the rocket engines needed to propel them into space. We may not
become a concert guitarist or an actress, but will entertain family and
friends with music, song and stories around a campfire. Our dreams
start from deep inside and with perseverance, encouragement and belief
in ourselves, become our reality. The kindergartners have shared their
dreams of what they want to be when they grow up and recorded them in
copper.
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. -unknown
Materials: copper sheet, copper wire, antique copper coins, antique brass bells Tools:
Metal shears, metal file, buckskin mallet, ball-peen hammer, anvil and
pad, metal stamps, antiquing solution, steel wool, polishing cloth,
metal hole punch, needle-nose pliers, wire cutters
Creative Process: The
students filed the corners of their copper strip (after it had been
sheared from a large metal sheet), then flattened the copper with a
buckskin mallet on a portable anvil. Next they stamped their names and
decorative details into the copper using a ball-peen hammer and metal
stamps. They shared their dreams of what they want to be/do when they
grow up (which were stamped for them). The copper was placed in an
antiquing solution to darken the stamped areas, then the kids buffed
the copper with steel wool and polishing cloth. The copper strips were
assembled into the sculpture using copper jump rings which the kids
made using copper wire, round nose pliers and wire cutters.
