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Thursday: The Importance of the Arts—Paper Mobile and Calder
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For our second art lesson we learned about Alexander Calder, sometimes the artist known for his “mobiles” along with many other things. I explained to Abby that Calder thought of a new way to sculpt, by bending and twisted wire to “draw” his figures in space.
Of course bending, twisting and cutting metal wires with a toddler would not be a smart idea so we decided to bend and twist paper to make our mobile.
While we were at the craft store earlier in the week I let my daughter Abby pick out the colors and designs of card-stock that caught her eye.
Abby and I traced weird shapes on paper and I cut them out.
Then we cut small (1 inch) slits on each paper of cardstock on each piece where I wanted to attach them together (I did this as we assembled it).
I hung the first piece on a string attached to the ceilings so it would be easier to assemble. I did end up having to use a little tape. Here is a picture of our masterpiece from the bottom, we have it hanging over our art table and it is fun to look at everyday!
You can take tour of Calder’s work here.
Tags: alexander calder, importance of the arts, paper mobile, teaching children art, thursday
This is wonderfully serendipitous as I was planning to study Calder very soon for our biography study. (Our library a series of paintings of famous people and I plan to use that as a backdrop for the next several months.) Thanks for the links and the inspiration. I’m not very crafty and my daughter isn’t inclined to do art projects but I am hoping that will change this year.
I was just now checking on Amazon for books to order about Calder and found this one that will pub next month. It looks really fun.
http://www.amazon.com/Sandys-Circus-Story-Alexander-Calder/dp/0670062685/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219284806&sr=1-3
What a fun idea! I think I might try and do this sometime this week! I am really loving your sight. Thanks!
How fun! I love Calder’s mobiles. You are so creative.
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