Being an Individual

One Green-‘Being an Individual’

We were inspired by Alberto Giacometti’s sculptures. Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor.

 In pairs, we planned what our sculptures would look like. Each of the children made an individual pose while the other child created the sculpture out of pipe cleaners. 

 

We stapled their sculpture to a piece of square cardboard.

Then the children used tiny pieces of papier mache to cover their design.

After they had dried the children painted them in silver.

We loved that they all looked different!

                       

Kylie

Our Sculpture Mentor

Walangari Karntawarra
We have been fortunate to work with Walangari Karntawarra as a mentor this year. Walangari is an Aboriginal elder and an award winning contemporary artist from the Western Desert. Walangari exhibits works in acrylics as well as creating magnificent sand sculptures. His work has been exhibited extensively both in Australia and internationally.
Walangari joined us for our Year One Astronomy Night adding a fabulous element of indigenous stories relating to what we see in the sky. The teachers have spent time with him learning about indigenous art and culture. 
All the students will be participating in producing a sand sculpture with Walangari, that will become the centre of our exhibition, and learn about indigenous cultural beliefs and the cyclic elements of nature and the spirituality of the Dreamtime.

Follow these links to learn more about Walangari Karntawarra
http://www.walangari.com.au/
http://www.aboriginalartdirectory.com/shop/artist/walangari-karntawarra.php