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Sailboat sculptures by 4P art class students are featured here. Students used their spatial and structural skills as they measured, cut, and manipulated a variety of materials to create these artworks.
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Fourth grade art students have recently been creating sculptures which depict sailboats on waves. The boat structures combine origami with measuring, cutting, and taping paper and plastic straws. The boats are mounted on wave structures composed of wadded paper, cardboard, and tape. A paper mache skin coats the boats and waves. The boats are attached to the waves with glue and one Phillips screw. Cotton forms the foam on the waves.
First graders of the 1B and 1S art classes proudly display their "Mr. and Ms. Mousey Head" paper sculptures in the group photos shown below. In this geometry-based project, students internalize the concept of the cone by making them from paper plates. The cone serves as the base form upon which each student works creatively to give his or her mouse a unique personality. Materials include colored tissue paper, a glue/water mixture, card stock, yarn, corn, pom-poms, cotton, tape, and paper clips.  Mrs. Baro's First Grade Class  Mrs. Singleton's First Grade Class
Sixth graders in Art Tech class learned a variety of sewing and cloth sculpture techniques as they created animal pillow sculptures. To do their best work, students had to maintain focus throughout a process which included a drawing plan, two types of stitches, stuffing, and the creation and attachment of surface details and accessories.
The KB and KE art classes are shown here with their recently completed paper maracas. This geometry-oriented sculpture project helps students understand the concept of the cylinder by making one. The cylinder is the base form upon which students used paper, unpopped popcorn, cotton, glue, and tape to express their creativity.
Second grade art students are shown below as they apply the finishing touches of paper mache to their cross sculptures. Students built these structures with cardboard pieces and colored card stock which they measured, cut, and taped. Cloth pillow sculptures by sixth graders are shown here. In this multistep design and construction project, students employed fine motor skills and spatial-structural reasoning as they created 2-dimensional plans on paper which eventually became 3-dimensional pillow forms. Various sewing stitches and fabric glue were used to complete these artworks.
In Art Tech class, sixth graders have been working creatively in the medium of cloth sculpture. Students developed designs which they transferred to one side of a folded cloth and turned into pillow forms. Students used the running stitch along the entire edge of the form, except for a pull-through hole. After cutting outside of the stitching line, the main form of each pillow was turned inside-out and stuffed with poly-fill. The whip stitch sealed the pull-through hole. Students also learned to sew on buttons for eyes. Other surface features of the sculptures have been made mainly with carefully cut scraps of cloth that have been affixed with fabric glue.
Eighth grader William Edwards recently completed a beautiful drawing of the fourteenth Station of the Cross. Using the grid method, he created a freehand pencil and ink drawing of an illustration by artist Shari van Vranken. The final image, which you see here, is a photo of his drawing that he colored with the Sketchbook app on his iPad. As shown in the photos below, fifth grade art students are currently applying paper mache to the surface of their relief sculptures of sea animals. Students used the grid method to draw from photos. After transferring their drawings of aquatic animals to Styrofoam sheets, students cut out the shapes of the animals with hacksaw blades. The form of each animal was built up with paper and tape on the Styrofoam base, which most students reinforced with splints made of popsicle sticks and tape. After applying paper mache and glitter glue to create a colorful skin, they will make hanging hooks with paper clips and screws.
Third graders of the 3D and 3H classes are shown launching their paper and cardboard jets in the video below. This project is one of a series of design and construction assignments that helps students develop spatial intelligence and structural skills. Students must make the component parts from basic materials, and then combine the parts in a way that creates overall structural integrity. Photos below show the Cross sculptures in the church on the day of the 8th Grade Saints Program, which was held on November 4th. The second graders rolled all of the cylindrical paper components and measured, cut, and taped the various parts. Students chose the colors with which they designed their crosses.
Third grade art students have recently been building and designing paper and cardboard airplanes. Structural reasoning, measurement, symmetry, wing design, and considerations of color were important factors as students built these sculptures. Soon, the classes will take their jets outside and launch (throw) them.
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Mr. John Bell, Art TeacherMr. Bell focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and presented STREAM (Science, Religion, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) workshops at the Diocesan Teacher Conference, as well as multiple workshops throughout his years in the Diocese. Archives
January 2025
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