Creating Beauty Together in the Art Room - A recycled art project 4th Grade

     This fall our school theme is Life Together. With Dale Chihuly, a glass blower, as our inspiration we began 4th grade art with a group recycling project. I could hardly believe the enthusiasm! We discussed how big projects were possible if we worked together. Students quickly compared this to an assembly line (smart cookies that they are!) and everyone volunteered for a job so our work would be accomplished efficiently. Some students removed labels, others washed, and still others others dried. There was a sanding group to help our paint stick and others that were excited to paint.  I did not hear a single complaint about their job and they all were industrious as little bees. A few weeks later we divided up the work again. This time some cut the bottles into spirals and added a wire while the muscle crew bent wire and assembled the project. I hope you enjoy the two beautiful chandeliers that were the result of us doing life together in the art room at Rose Park. 

 

 

Some began by washing all the water bottles that we had collected. 

Others sanded the bottles to created a rough surface so our paint would adhere.

Two groups of students painted the bottles. One group used warm colors and another cool. 

Here we are cutting the sculpture and adding wire. 

 

 

Finally students added the spirals to the wire to assemble it.

Quite beautiful, don't you think?