Assemblage Production part 2 of 3 part series


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Sep 15, 2000


Depending upon the size of your class, the age of your students, and your time limitations, you will have to determine what type of assemblage product you want your students to produce. Paper assemblage projects work best for younger students. From about third grade and up, you can begin working on assemblage projects that require the use of simple hand tools, glue guns, and specialized glues.

It is important to impress upon your students that the assembly of an assemblage product must be in harmony with its overall imagery. If nails are going to be showing, then they should fit in with the overall imagery of the assemblage sculpture. If a paper assemblage is being produced, use a clear drying glue to avoid messy looking glue stains that will take away from the overall beauty of the project.

Assemblage sculptures work well for group products. Group projects take planning, cooperation, and teamwork. Be certain to group students together based on artistic vision, not on seating proximity or some other simplistic idea. Students working together on an art project should want to be working together and should be working toward a shared vision.

Preproduction Questions should include; What materials are you going to use? How will you attach them together? How large is your piece going to be? (If a group project, ask what the group vision is) What tools are you going to need? What adhesives will you need?

Post Production questions should include;

What materials did you use to create this work? How did you assemble the piece? What tools did you use to create the artwork? Why did you choose the materials you used? Why did you choose the tools that you used?

After your students have completed their works, have them display them for the entire school to view and enjoy. Also, have them critique their own works. They should first do an aesthetic scan of their own work, then write a formal criticism. The critiques may be posted with their works.

Have fun! Part 3 Will Discuss Writing Critiques

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1.   Sep 17, 2000 12:50 PM
What a neat idea, Colleen. And what fun for the students.


Renie

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