Transcript Trash Art ppt - Rosa Parks Elementary PTSA

TRASH ART
RECYCLED ART COLLAGE
1 ST GRADE ART SMART
KURT SCHWITTERS
1887 –1948
• German Artist
• Most famous for his collages
• Called his collages Merzbilder
• Merz meant ‘refuse’ or ‘rejects’
• He used his collages to create new
beauty from the ruins of his country after
World War I
MERZ PICTURES
• Collages created using garbage he found in the streets and parks of
Hannover, Germany
• Materials included bus tickets, old wire and fragments of newsprint
WHAT IS A COLLAGE?
A piece of art made by sticking various different materials such
as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric onto a backing.
COLLAGE EXAMPLES
WHAT IS TRASH (garbage)?
• Wasted or spoiled food and other refuse
• Anything that is considered worthless or meaningless.
WHERE DOES TRASH GO?
Most of it goes into LANDFILLS (piles in or on the land)
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Donate
Buy
Second
Hand
Compost
Buy
Less
Stuff
Make
Recycled
Art
WHAT IS RECYCLED ART?
Garbage transformed into something pleasing to the eye
Stacks of paper, books
Drink cans and wrappers
Beach litter, shells
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON’T
TAKE OUT THE TRASH?
Ask Sara Sylvia Cynthia Stout – By Shel Silverstein
(start at 0:18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvNhhEtUGJY
Shhh…
Listen Closely,
Giggle Quietly
TRASH ART PROJECT LESSON:
1. Choose large, colored construction paper
for the background.
2. Write your name on the back.
3. Trash Cans (one of 2 options):
a. Choose a paper color for the trash
can - different than the background
(like grey, green or blue,)
and draw your own trash can
OR
b. Color a trash can template (oil pastel
or charcoal might be interesting)
4. Cut out the trash can out with scissors.
GARBAGE CANS
HOW TO DRAW A CAN
LESSON CONTINUED:
CUTTING OUT MAGAZINE PICTURES
1. Think about what trash items you want to
include in your picture. Ideas: things in
your trash, food, toys, clothing, furniture,
sports equipment, electronics, etc.
2. Tear items that you have specifically
chosen (like a shoe or a carrot) out of the
magazine. DO NOT randomly tear pieces
of paper. BE THOUGHTFUL in what you
include. If things get ripped, that’s OK!
3. Recycle any paper scraps you will not be
using.
LESSON CONTINUED:
GLUING
1. Position your background paper vertically.
2. Arrange your trash can on the bottom and
you pictures flowing up and out from the
top with maybe some scattered on the
bottom.
3. Meanwhile, adults will hand out glue cups
(glue & H20 mixture) and foam brushes so
you can paste your trash can and
magazine pictures.
4. Embellish your collage with cut out words,
grass on the bottom, a drawing of a crow or
rat, etc.