Monday, January 31, 2011

Chihuly Tower








This idea came from Art with Mr. E! The 5th graders studied Dale Chihuly and created a collaborative tower in his style. They each brought in a water bottle, wrapped it w/tissue paper and gluey water. They also each made a paper sculpture. My husband and father made the stand and we just stuck our art into the holes from the chicken wire! It turned out great! We get many complements from visitors as it is placed at the front entrance of school!

amazing glass blowing site!
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/fireworks_ofglass/games/glass_blowing/index.html

Great video!
http://www.chihuly.com/cbs-early-show.aspx

9 comments:

  1. That is awesome! Is it just tissue paper wrapped around bottles?

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  2. Hey...this turned out great!!!! I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson/project. -Mr. E

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  3. This is extremely cool Jenny...how many students did it take for this sculpture?

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  4. Thanks everyone! Big thanks to Mr. E for the great idea! It took 5 5th grade classes of about 25 students!

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  5. What a great idea! Thanks for sharing this. I bet the kids had a blast doing this project.

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  6. Thanks for sharing this idea - it inspired me to try this with my preschool class recently, and it was so much fun!

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