Probably one of my favorite switch-em-up projects. I collect all the broken bits, discarded trinkets, junk drawer items. I also send a call out to have such items donated. I also ask for boxes, wooden, cigar, jewelry... We look to the artist, another favorite, Joseph Cornell. Students will glean from a collection of "junk" or are encouraged to bring their own. The narratives that the students may come up with might be as simple as similar shapes or colors, or the items they choose can tell a story. Students use glue to make these box sculptures. Issac Nielsen, 5th Grade Materials Boxes, wooden, cigar, jewelry Trinkets, game pieces, broken items, etc Glue, Hot/Tacky Joseph Cornell 1903-1972
was an American artist and filmmaker, one of the pioneers and most celebrated exponents of assemblage. Influenced by the Surrealists, he was also an avant-garde experimental filmmaker. He was largely self-taught in his artistic efforts, and improvised his own original style incorporating cast-off and discarded artifacts. He lived most of his life in relative physical isolation, caring for his mother and his disabled brother at home, but remained aware of and in contact with other contemporary artists.
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