Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Soft Sculpture Birds

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Art can mimic life, and animals are always interesting subjects. Learners create large soft sculptures (stuffed) birds using paper, paint, and other basic collage materials. They view images of birds, and discuss bird traits and shapes....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Significant Objects From Our Lives

For Teachers K - 4th
Students determine what objects are meaningful in their lives and look at artist Sheila Hicks' soft sculpture titled Six Soft Stones. Students explore the symbolic meanings attached to the art form of "wrapping" and wrap a meaningful...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Janet Echelman: Taking Imagination Seriously

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video, Janet Echelman discusses how her experience of building soft sculptures of fishnet and lace led to the creation of a new type of art material. [9:27] Followed by a brief quiz and a list of additional materials to explore.
Website
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Visual and Performing Arts: Sculpture

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a one-minute tour through the history of sculpture. View a variety of sculpture techniques and be a sculpture critic. Visit the sculpture studio and learn about carving, casting and modeling. Meet artists, and see them at work....
Lesson Plan
Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Giant Stuffed Birds (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson plan for grades 2-4 submitted by a classroom teacher.