About Me
- Name: Profile
- Location: Waterbury, Vermont, United States
Nan is a licensed art educator (K-12) and gifted education specialist ( PreK-12). She is a member of the Teaching for Artistic Behavior partnership (TAB), National Art Education Association & National Association for Gifted Children.
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Tubular
9 ½ year-old “R” has spent a good deal of time constructing with cardboard tubes. He often constructs architectural pieces; buildings of all types. He also makes aircraft and space craft. This week’s animal form was a departure for him, and I observed his process with interest. After constructing the body and legs, neck and tail of this creature, he needed an armature for the head, and asked if I had a ball of some sort. Since I didn’t have anything that met his specifications, I suggested he could fashion his own ball out of crumpled newspaper.
During a recent whole-group demonstration at the start of class, “R” had seen many possibilities for finding or crafting armatures for papier mache sculptures, and readily adapted one of these techniques to fashion just the right size and shape for his animal’s head.
