The Hunt for Housing Treasure Day 2
Project/Unit Description/Expedition
In the coming weeks, students will be working on creating a reliquary using clay and decorating them with acrylic paints. The purpose and intent for this project is to have them think about how a vessel/container can either reflect an idea or how it can mimic an object that its holding relating it back to how art reflects the real world.
Essential Understanding
Students will create a three-dimensional treasure box to express an emotion and/or hold an important item.
Students will use shape to convey meaning while making their treasure boxes.
Students will utilize three-dimensions to convey a meaning, express an emotion and/or hold something meaningful.
Students will use shape to convey meaning while making their treasure boxes.
Students will utilize three-dimensions to convey a meaning, express an emotion and/or hold something meaningful.
Inquiry/Learning Target
"For the next two weeks, we will be working as explorers of lost lands and mysterious places. We all have things that are important to us and we want to make sure they remain safe, so we will be working on making special containers to house these objects."
"When thinking about the reliquaries we saw, how could you apply color to your own? The importance of sketching your ideas allows you to experiment with color so that it best represents the message you want it to have: whether it's like the object it holds or if it's something happy then maybe you'll want to paint it with bright colors. It is important for your reliquary to match the object's purpose and meaning to you."
"When thinking about the reliquaries we saw, how could you apply color to your own? The importance of sketching your ideas allows you to experiment with color so that it best represents the message you want it to have: whether it's like the object it holds or if it's something happy then maybe you'll want to paint it with bright colors. It is important for your reliquary to match the object's purpose and meaning to you."
- Students will create a treasure box to express and emotion and/or hold an important item.
- Students will be able to express what their emotion was and/or how their treasure box will hold their important item.
Key Concept(s)
- Three-dimensional
- Treasure
- Reliquary
- Shape
- Expression
- Emotion
- Meaning
Skill(s)
- Recognizing and being able to explain what a reliquary is.
- Ability to create a vessel/box utilizing different ways to handle and use clay.
- Explaining the purpose in the designs of their own reliquary/treasure box.
Art Focus
For this project series, we will be creating personalized reliquaries designed with an emotion in mind and/or an important object to the student. This will allow the students to become familiar with using clay and adding color through various processes of planning and experimenting with the material.
Literary Focus
Literacy will be applied in beginning instructions, one-on-one discussions during work time, and during the final exhibition display of their reliquaries/treasure boxes. During these moments we will be using set vocabulary and other forms of art critiquing utilizing various aspects of the broad language of art.
- Reliquary
- Scoring
- Dimensional
- Shape
- Expression