artist: wing chan

title: the golden bird

 

Artist: Kievan Rus'

Movement: Eastern European art

Title: Temple Pendant with two birds flanking the tree of life

Date: 1000-1200

 

 

 

Instructor: Wing Chan

Title: shaping meaning: the golden bird.

Grade: 12th

 

History and Background:

During the Byzantine time, artists use gold leaves as a medium in their artwork to capture and create a unique and religious environment. Back then, pure gold leaves are expensive and difficult to obtain. The process of making and applying gold leaves require a very high skill craftsmanship. 

 

Standard:

9.1.12 A: Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities.

9.1.12 B: Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in  

               the arts.

9.1.12 H: Incorporate the effective and safe use of materials, equipment and tools into the production of works in the arts at work and performance

                spaces.

9.1.12 J: Analyze and evaluate the use of traditional and contemporary technologies for producing, performing and exhibiting works in the arts or the

              works of others.

9.2.12 A: Explain the historical, cultural and social context of an individual work in the arts.

9.2.12 F: Know and apply appropriate vocabulary used between social studies and the arts and humanities.

9.2.12 K: Identify, explain and analyze traditions as they relate to works in the arts (e.g., story telling – plays, oral histories- poetry, work songs- blue

               grass).

9.3.12 A: Explain and apply the critical examination processes of works in the arts and humanities.

 

 

National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•T)

1a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness

1b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources

1c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning,  

   and creative processes

 

Goal: Create a silhouette project with experimenting the metal leaves and possibly transform into digital art.

 

Objective:  Student will:

1) be able to identify the differences between gold leaves and metal leaves.

2) learn the characteristic of each materials.

3) apply techniques to create a silhouette project by using metal leaves.

4) discover the connection between silhouette and shaping/meaning by using metal leaves.

5) explore and transform their work into digital media through photoshop or related programs.

 

Requirements: create a metal leaves silhouette project and post it, refine it on the web.

Resources/Materials/Visual Aid:

Teacher board or Wiki

Example of metal leaves product

Demo by teacher

Materials/Supplies:

3x3 foamboard

metal leaves

wanda size

watercolor

ink

pencil

measurement cup

sand paper

computer

 

Teacher Preparation:

Prepare teacher board

List of material information

Materials for demonstration

 

Introduction:

Ask students their knowledge about silhouette and metal leaves. How can they be connected? Why is it necessary to use traditional materials? How can it relate to our shaping meaning project? Introduce materials to students, and explain each of the materials’ characteristics, purposes, and history. Demonstrate the application of metal leaves and preparation for computing application.

 

Direction:

lesson 1

1) Make 20 drawings of bird(s) based on observation.

2) Prepare 5 3x3 formboards.

3) Color the formboards by using watercolor or color pencil.

4) Transform the drawings onto the formboards.

5) Apply wanda size onto the formboard and let it sit for at least a day or day and a half.

6) Apply gold leaf or metal leaf on wanda size.

7) Apply pressure on the metal leaf by using a cotton ball.

8) Remove excess metal leaf from the formboard.

 

lesson 2

1) Go on the internet.

2) Research materials/articles related to the golden birds.

3) Write a one page essay on your relationship to the golden bird.

4) Prepare a powerpoint presentation on your five golden bird images.

 

Closure:

Students will compare and contrast their ideas and products.

Students will develop an understanding of how to present their images.

 

Extension:

Read the article about gold leaves.

 

Time Budget: 3x40 minute classes

20 minutes introduction and demonstration

65 minutes work time

15 minutes clean up

20 minutes critique

 

Vocabulary:

Texture: the actual feeling of the surface.

contrast: the value of intensity.

shape: positive and negative

 

Safety Concerns:

Wanda size

cutter

 

 

Bibliography/References:

 

Reading: Cennino d’Andrea Cennini. (1954, 1933 translated by Daniel Thompson) The Craftman’s handbook.

Online Resources: Delicious webpage

Online Resources: Gilding Method

 

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