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Not sure when my obsession with installation art started but it's been unrelenting by holding my attention in a serious way for at least the past year. I honestly feel like if I didn't love my job (right now) so much and feel like I really was answering a divine calling to do it, I would easily dive head first into the world of installation art and try any carve out my place in it. I first stumbled upon this project idea on Princentenol under the name Tint and Shade Ceiling Hanging. I LOVED the idea of doing it but felt like it needed a little bit of something more to it so I mentally bookmarked it and then just forgot about it. Time passed, I got bored with some of what I had been doing in the 3D Design class, and a dug it back up in an effort to indulge my installation art obsession. The learning objectives behind this project are multi-layered and touch upon so many great things... Technique of painting evenly and with careful brush strokes Experiencing tempera paint and understanding why it is so awesome Color mixing, tinting, and shading Understanding and creating geometric and organic shapes Learning how art can be used to transform and reshape space For as simple as the project was, it was also pretty challenging. While I normally do lessons/projects that last about 2-3 weeks, this one easily took five total. It really required the kids to stay on task and stay the course even when it seemed like the work was becoming monotonous and redundant - because, seriously? It was once it came time to draw and cut each of the 144 shapes that were needed to make up the 72 pairs of shapes that would hang off of each of their rings. Since I share a classroom with my part-time colleague, storage is ALWAYS a challenge and this project didn't help at all. Thankfully, the issue was attended to beautifully by hanging things from the ceiling up by the front of the classroom/teacher's podium - this was to help keep students from wanting to bat at them while they moved around the class. The whole installation is mostly hung up right now with the exception of a few yellow pairings that I have to finish up quickly and get hung up because few people wanted to take on the task of that color. The most popular colors were red, orange, and blue overall. Kind of surprised me that orange was so popular but it's my favorite so I was delighted that so many of the kids wanted to do it. Here is what our exhibit "The Ombre Experience" looks like hung up in the student gallery hallway... I feel like (for the most part) I'm pretty pleased with it. We've gotten a lot of really great feedback on it and though I would have liked it to have filled out the space a little more, what it does look like really works for the space.
We all know that you’re supposed to reduce, reuse and recycle, but for artists, reuse and recycle often have totally different meanings than they do for the rest of us. Here are 11 artists specializing in making trash into artistic treasures.
I have a head 2, 2004 alluminio, vernice, lampada, 200x300x270cm
Le duo Christo et Jeanne-Claude, maîtres dans le domaine du Land Art, a réalisé une magnifique installation en 1983 : Surrounded Islands (ou « îles entour
Nature's Reflection, a new earth art installation by Icy and Sot, features a human-shaped mirror that acts as a reflecting pool.
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In recent years, yarnbombing and other guerilla art activities have become more popular - and easier to organize thanks to the rise of social media. This page displays examples of this type of art.
The extremely talented Gustav Klimt created landscape paintings that are the epitome of exquisite elegance, fusing symbolism, ornate patterns, and sensual figures to reveal a world of beauty, passion, and human connection. Created with hues of blue in 5K
"Beauty," Olafur Eliasson, 1993.
Last year, Shawn and I decided we would update our hallway in 2022. Our hallway at the time was not really utilized to its fullest potential and was honestly an unfinished art project for many, many months. So we switched things up! We decided to go with wood paneling because we wanted to add a lot
San Francisco artist Danielle Mourning has transformed her Victorian flat into a multisensory exhibition
I saw this on Design Sponge over the weekend and was so wowed by it — both as a public art project and as a bit of DIY inspiration. It’s the brainchild of architect Tali Buchler, who describes herself on her blog like this: “I don’t design houses so much anymore. I use my design […]
Some of us bring the outdoors inside of our homes, offices and other buildings in the form of art that we have created or acquired and others make the world
In his recent solo show, Peter Zimmermann radically transformed the rooms in the museum into immersive, walk-in works in which the floor become a canvas.
Before the kids descended on this all-white lounge the living room looked like a minimalist's dream pad. Afterwards barely a spec of white remained.
The gallery that follows contains no less than 18 ingenious pill bottle crafts meant to help you reuse and up-cycle the containers to you advantage, take a
Get outside to check out some of the best art in New York City.
'teamLab borderless’, a monumental museum featuring a collection of it’s 50 original artworks and interactive installations will open in shanghai.
Learn about the life and work of artist Ruth Asawa while creating your own DIY hanging sculpture! 20 fun Art Activities for Women's History Month on the ART CAMP blog.
I'm a primary (elementary) teacher who runs an after-school art club. This blog records all of my art activities with instructions and examples of work that my club produces. I also post artwork from my usual class.
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