This week has been lots of fun in the art room. We have been busy getting back into a normal routine and doing a winter art project. I talked to the students this week about the art of quilling paper and how individual quills are used to create projects. This turned into more discussion about other forms of paper art and how quilling or shapping paper can create art.
Students this week worked to create a quilled paper snowflake. There were actually 3 paper options given to them. The first was creating paper quills and then making a snowflake by gluing the individual quills together. The second was a combination of paper folding and quilling. The thrid was a paper weave project that also created a snowflake. Students were allowed to choose from the three designs and create their own snowflake.
I am impressed with the detail many of students put into creating their snowflake and am happy with each and every one of them. I think it is fun for the students to look at all of the snowflakes as they are hung together and really notice how even though they all followed similar patterns every one of them is unique and different in just a little way.
We have displayed some of the snowflakes in the front lobby art case, others in the classroom, and even more in the hallway. If you get a chance to be in the building check out the great art your students are creating.
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