Students in fifth grade learned about famous artist Gustav Klimt and his "Tree of Life" painting before creating these cool pipe cleaner and clay sculptures. There were two different main parts to this project, the base and the tree. The base was created out of clay using texture mats and lots of tools to show patterns on the clay. After the clay had been bisque fired, students were able to paint the clay and add a metallic finish with gold or silver reminiscent of the gold that Klimt used in his paintings. The tree was created out of six pipe cleaners. Students had to form the pipe cleaners into spiral type lines and twist the ends into a tree trunk shape. The tree was then glued to the base to finish off the sculpture.
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Mrs. W.
About Me: This is my sixth year teaching art at Switzer and I love creating awesome artwork with all of the students here. I see all of the K-6 students once a week for art class. Archives
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