Chihuly Macchia

2nd grade artists learned about famous artist, Dale Chihuly this week. Chihuly, is an American glass sculptor born in 1941.
http://www.chihuly.com/


I showed a quick video on YouTube of Chihuly's work. You can take a look here:
Through The Looking Glass.


Children received a small piece of overhead transparency, traced a circle onto it, drew a curvy line around the circle and cut it out, making sure to cut right on the curvy line.


Then, the children used enamel paint in various colors to add color to the transparency. After the paint is dry, Miss Zimmerman and I will put the transparency on top of an upside down glass cup and use a heat gun to make the transparency change from a 2-D piece of art to a 3D piece of art.

 The colors are a bit off in the picture. Children had magenta, white, yellow, green, blue and dark purple paint. The dots are in black.