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Monday, May 23, 2016

Create-A-Plant

For this assignment, I asked my 6th grade students to pretend they were botanists who had recently discovered a new, never before been seen plant.

The students had to document their findings and include the following key pieces of information:

plant's name

plant's basic needs

how the plant's needs are met

where the plant lives

a colored illustration of the plant in it's natural habitat

an illustration showing the principal parts of the plant's anatomy (text features like labels, captions, maps, bold words, subheading, and more)

Then the student's had to create a paper mache' model of the plant using a plastic bottle, cardboard, and masking tape. Below are the student's examples:

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Halloween 2015 - Evil Ash

This Halloween my husband and I will be celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary! Oh my, how time flies. For our anniversary we bought tickets to see Army of Darkness at Alamo Drafthouse on Halloween night. Since the movie falls on the same day as our anniversary and Halloween, we decided to dress up like the main characters from the movie. And so the challenge began.

About two and a half weeks ago, I started the construction on the helmet for my husband's costume using a roman helmet, cheap dollar store mask, cardboard, masking tape, newspaper, and a bag of bones.

Helmet:

two coats of primer ( Pro Art Premium Gesso Canvas Primer):

Toasted Marshmallow Paint (Apple Barrel Brand) from Wal-Mart:

© Claudia Peña-Martinez 2015

Finished helmet with a coat of brown and the bones with a brown acrylic wash to give it an aged look.

Constructing the armor: For the armor I relied mostly on studiocreations.com and their interpretation of Evil Ash's armor.
Studio Creations made their armor out of hard plastic. I decided on a cheaper route and made the armor out of cardboard and paper maché.

Right Shoulder Armor:

Left: Bicep Armor Right: Left Shoulder Armor

two coats of primer ( Pro Art Premium Gesso Canvas Primer):

Chain: Plastic "Pimp Chain" purchased from the Spirit Store to resemble the chain Evil Ash wore to hold his cape spray painted to match armor.

Forearm Armor: Kids Star Wars Costume Piece we found at Dollar Tree, spray painted to match armor.

Rib Cage Armor: Latex Skeleton Wings purchase from the Spirit Halloween Store.
We cut a section of the wings off and spray painted them.

Shirt: Target sales rack

Pants: Purchased at the Flea Market ($ 5.00)

The costume was finished only hours before I drove my husband to Creeping Beauty to get his special fx make-up done. Here is the result:

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Monday, April 20, 2015

Cardboard Everyday Objects!

After introducing my 7th grade art students to British Artist, Chris Gilmour, I challenged them to create everyday objects using cardboard. The students were stumped at first, but once they got the hang of it, they ran with the project, adding details to their objects that I was not expecting. I am so proud of my students!

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Go Fish!

Fish or other Sea Creatures from Recycled Materials

JMS - 6th Grade - Fall Semester

Materials: Cardboard
                   Masking Tape
                   Newspaper
                   Paper Mache' Glue (Glue All + Water)
                   Acrylic Paint
                   Googlie Eyes

Examples of JMS Student Work:

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Shadow Sculptures

Tim Noble and Sue Webster are a dynamic duo based out of the UK. Using everyday things including rubbish, they've taken the idea of assemblages to a new level of transformative art. The sculptures use everything from trash to bones; one of them is even constructed from 34 taxidermied animals including 6 rats, 1 mink, 8 carrion crows, 8 rooks, and 11 jackdaws. Gruesomely awesome.
(via http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/shadow-sculptures-by-tim-noble-sue-webster)

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Thank You!

We made it through the rain with smiles!
A very special thank you goes out to all the students that participated in the Fiesta Flambeau Night Parade Saturday Night. Even though the storm hit us hard, they kept smiling and waving at what was left of the crowd. As for the band, I admire your courage for continuing to play without missing a beat throughout the chaos of the evening.

I would also like to thank all the teachers, parents and students that helped us put it all together. We could not have done it without your help.

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