Relationships Popplet::
Check out the Relationships Popplet below! This will help you to learn a little bit more about our Relationships Unit and find more insight on what this exactly means.
Pop-Up Homes and Habitats::
Artist:: Do Ho Suh
We were asked to create a pop-up home or a folded habitat to show the relationship between our homes and ourselves. I chose to create a little habitat because I thought this would be something my mom would display in our home in general. I chose colors that mimicked the colors within our home, and especially the colors outside of our home. After, I thought about some of the patterns and shapes within my home, and things I connect to within my home and family. My mom plays a large role as the head of our household, so I chose items that represented her and I as a mother and daughter. The cat and the dog were added afterwards because our animals play a huge part in our family and we joke that they are the actual children of the house. I knew these items showed the relationship I have in my home and family because of how connected I felt to the shapes, colors, and patterns. I really thought about the fabric added to the paper, and I made sure to add small bits of pure relationships with our dog and cat.
This could be incorporated within many different subject areas, but the area that jumps out the most would be science. It could be because of the title "habitat" but I could see myself using something like this within a food chain or habitat relationships unit. I would use this to have students represent how they feel within their own habitat, or to see how they have learned how another animal may feel or live in their own habitat or food chain. This could also be integrated into writing and literacy, as well as many other areas.
We were asked to create a pop-up home or a folded habitat to show the relationship between our homes and ourselves. I chose to create a little habitat because I thought this would be something my mom would display in our home in general. I chose colors that mimicked the colors within our home, and especially the colors outside of our home. After, I thought about some of the patterns and shapes within my home, and things I connect to within my home and family. My mom plays a large role as the head of our household, so I chose items that represented her and I as a mother and daughter. The cat and the dog were added afterwards because our animals play a huge part in our family and we joke that they are the actual children of the house. I knew these items showed the relationship I have in my home and family because of how connected I felt to the shapes, colors, and patterns. I really thought about the fabric added to the paper, and I made sure to add small bits of pure relationships with our dog and cat.
This could be incorporated within many different subject areas, but the area that jumps out the most would be science. It could be because of the title "habitat" but I could see myself using something like this within a food chain or habitat relationships unit. I would use this to have students represent how they feel within their own habitat, or to see how they have learned how another animal may feel or live in their own habitat or food chain. This could also be integrated into writing and literacy, as well as many other areas.
Printmaking::
Artist:: Mary Cassatt
As a class, we were asked to think about our relationships with many things; this could be with an animal, a person, or any item. I immediately thought about my dog Gigi. I think of her as my child, so I knew I had to incorporate a dog in some way. I'm not comfortable free-handing anything, so I set out to find a magazine cut out of a french bulldog. I found one and knew I would like it. I thought about the colors I thought about when I thought about Gigi, and I picked red for our sassy and "burning" love. After printing this onto the red paper, I was satisfied by the prints. I thought about my relationship with Gigi, and I knew this print was perfect. I was able to incorporate different colors and I was able to get different weights of the ink onto the paper. I liked how the pictures showed almost different moods, and showed the relationship with the paper and the ink, as well as the cut out of the french bulldog.
I could see myself using this in my classroom when focusing on literacy. I like how this printmaking could represent the relationships within a book, or even the relationship of a stude
As a class, we were asked to think about our relationships with many things; this could be with an animal, a person, or any item. I immediately thought about my dog Gigi. I think of her as my child, so I knew I had to incorporate a dog in some way. I'm not comfortable free-handing anything, so I set out to find a magazine cut out of a french bulldog. I found one and knew I would like it. I thought about the colors I thought about when I thought about Gigi, and I picked red for our sassy and "burning" love. After printing this onto the red paper, I was satisfied by the prints. I thought about my relationship with Gigi, and I knew this print was perfect. I was able to incorporate different colors and I was able to get different weights of the ink onto the paper. I liked how the pictures showed almost different moods, and showed the relationship with the paper and the ink, as well as the cut out of the french bulldog.
I could see myself using this in my classroom when focusing on literacy. I like how this printmaking could represent the relationships within a book, or even the relationship of a stude