The Grade 3's are knee deep into a stand alone unit that digs into
observation,
interpretation and
creativity.
I saw a few
blog posts about a project called Tantamounter and I thought it might be fun to try. Tantamounter was a project that started in 2005, a group of artists in New York would take an object from the public and re-create in an artistic way that was "tantamount" to the original. Check it out
here.
Here were the constraints:
-they had three 45 minute blocks to complete them
-the object they copied had to be physically in the room (we talked a lot about form, they needed to be able to hold the object and look at it from all perspectives.) I had a box of random items for them to choose from.
-they could use any center they wanted except painting (no time for paint to dry). Open centers were Fibers, 3D, Drawing, Collage, and Polymer Clay.
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They were so excited to put their laptop in a real box :) |
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Lots of attention to detail here |
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An incredible amount of detail on this felt/cardboard pencil box |
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Everyone needs a ukelele pillow in their life! |
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This nail polish can open and it has a brush inside, just like the real thing |
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The two artists that worked on this redid the top part three times and finally got it right, talk about Engage and Persist! |
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This team figured out how to make the clock hands move |
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