vrijdag 23 juli 2010

Totem poles

You need:
  1. large paper tube
  2. egg cartons
  3. toilet rolls
  4. masking tape or duct tape
  5. wallpaper paste
  6. scissors
  7. cardboard
  8. newspapers
  9. tempera paint
  10. brushes
  11. varnish spray

Totem poles are an important art form for the Pacific Coast people. They are made from the trunks of red cedar trees and often depict people, animals, birds and fish. These characters are frequently arranged to be used to explain a story.

Divide the class in groups of four students. Give each group a large paper tube (aks a poster shop), a jar with wallpaper paste, cardboard, masking tape, egg cartons, toilet rolls and a lot of newspapers.

First decide how many characters you will make on your totem pole. Use cardboard to make appendages such as wings. These are first drawn out with a marker and then cut out. The appendages are then taped onto the tube. Use egg cartons or toilet rolls to make eyes or a mouth. Cover the armature of your totem pole completely with strips of newspapers.

Let the totem pole dry, this may take some days. The totem pole is then painted with tempera paint in bright colours. Finally spray the totem pole with varnish, to be sure the colours will shine.

Totem poles, made by students of 10-11 years old

1 opmerking:

  1. I absolutely LOVE doing papier-mache, and these totems are just terrific! Great idea working in groups. Did you have trouble getting them to stand?
    I made 'tikis' (or mini-totems) with my students, using tennis ball containers for the central shape. We put playground sand inside them to weigh them down - it worked great! Here's the link to my post with various papier-mache images: http://plbrown.blogspot.com/search/label/tikis

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