Week of 2/27/23 - More with 4th and 5th grade

 This week 4th grade students returned to create art inspired by the works of San Diego artist Bhavna Mehta. We looked at the installation "My father's letter" created by Bhavna in 2018.We had a discussion about what we saw in the below photo, what it was made from and why the artist made this? Each student wrote 6 words on a piece of paper to document what words came to their mind when they saw the below work.

We talked about how this work is in fact a letter Bhavna's father wrote to her from India and it was so meaningful to her that she decided to enlarge the letters and create this installation. Each student picked a word meaningful to them - love, hope, Abuela, Boba among several others. They drew the letters block letter style on black card stock, cut each out and used paper circles to glue each letter on white poster board. Students also wrote a short constructed response on what word they picked and why it was meaningful to them.

 

5th grade students returned to complete their weaving from the past week and paint glaze on their clay spoons that I had fired and kept ready. I gave students the option to use a needle and add extra weft to create areas of interest. Some students created knots and some even braided yarn using contrasting colors.