Episode 3: "Flight of the Kitty Hawk" & "Rocket
to the Stars"
One of the more interesting things about this
month-long artist in residence was challenge I faced creating things I've
never created before. A good example was this week's sculptures, a rendition
of the Wright Brothers' plane, and a fairly tall rocket.
The third grade had chosen the Kitty Hawk as
their entry for the themed project. My approach to making the armature
was to simplify, there was just no way to create all the details of the
actual plane in a reasonable amount of time. This piece was also designed to
be suspended from the ceiling. That presented a special challenge during
construction, which, as you can see from the top photo, was addressed by
hanging the sculpture from 2 x 4's taped to stacked tables. I just didn't
feel comfortable suspending a heavy, wet paper laden sculpture-in-progress
from the drop ceiling in the art room. This system worked pretty well except
the stacked tables weren't really tall enough, and the occasionally someone
would bump their head on a board. Although it looked like a fairly easy
piece to do, the third grade found it challenging to cover all the surfaces
of the wings in their allotted time periods.
Thank you to the teachers: Julie Gedemer, Mary
Harterink, Missy Toeg, Teri Manowski and Jill Shultis.
"Flight of the Kitty Hawk"
part 2
"Rocket to the Stars"
See also:
Week 1: "When Pigs
Fly"
Week 2: "Where Eagles Soar"
Week 4: "Up, Up
and away" and "Dragon Kite"
Week 5: "Freedom
to Fly" and "Lakeshore Lion" |