nature 45 mins Challenge yourself - GirlguidingLand art Aim of activity Create your own artwork,...
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Land art Aim of activity Create your own artwork, inspired by your local landscape and using only natural materials. What you’ll get out of it • Understand your local landscape. • Learn about land art. • Be resourceful with natural materials. • Work as a team. What you’ll need • An outside space • Pens and paper • String or tape • Access to natural resources • Examples of land art printed out (optional) Exploring nature 45 mins Challenge yourself © Girlguiding 2017 Registered charity number 306016.
Transcript of nature 45 mins Challenge yourself - GirlguidingLand art Aim of activity Create your own artwork,...
Land art
Aim of activity Create your own artwork, inspired by your local landscape and using only natural materials.
What you’ll get out of it • Understandyourlocallandscape.• Learnaboutlandart.• Beresourcefulwithnaturalmaterials.• Workasateam.
What you’ll need • Anoutsidespace• Pensandpaper• Stringortape• Accesstonaturalresources• Examplesoflandartprintedout(optional)
Exploring nature
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Whethertheycreateartdirectlyfromtheearth,orbyarrangingnaturalmaterialsinto3Dmasterpieces,landartistsincorporatetheirworkintotheirsurroundings.
What to doYou are going to create an art installationthatreflectsyourlocal
landscape. You can use any natural materials you can find, and you’ll be given string or ropetouseifyouwant.
Discussyourlocalareaanditslandscape.Writedownanywordsthatyouthinkdescribe it.
Land artists
Landartistsuseahugevarietyofmaterialsandlocationstocreateinstallationsthatreflectandenhancethelandscape.Herearesomeexamples.
Richard Long:Anaward-winningartistwhocreatespiecesoutofstoneandmudonahugescale.Heisespeciallyfondofspiralsusing contrasting colours and vast landscapes.
Cornelia Konrads:Worksinforestscreatingsuspended installations between trees and walls.Sheusesfeathers,logsandleavestomakethespacescometolife.
Unknown:Therearemanypiecesofland artthatdatebackthousandsofyears. TheUffingtonWhiteHorse,forexample,is110metreslongandcanbeseenformiles.
Getintogroupsofthreeorfour.Lookatthelistofwordsandspendfiveminutes
discussingwhatkindofinstallationyouwouldliketomake.Whatmaterialswillworkwell?
Gooutsideandlookforaspacetobuildyourartwork.Youdon’thaveto
builditdirectlyontheground;youcouldusespacesbetweentrees,treerootsorbushes.Onceyou’vechosenagoodspot,sketchoutyourideas.Whenyouagreeonone,startcollecting natural materials to make your artwork. Remember, you can only use natural materials(exceptforthestring/tapetoholdthemtogether).Youhavetenminutes!
Younowhave20minutestocreateyourinstallation.
Whenyourtimeisup,presentyourinstallationtotheothergroups.Explain
whatinspiredyouandwhatitrepresents.
Wheneachteamhaspresented,ifit’ssafetodosoleaveyourlandartfor
otherstoenjoy.However,ifitcouldbeahazardtoothers,anyanimalsorthearea,make sure you dismantle your artwork and returntheitemstotheplacesyoufoundthem,removinganytapeorstring.
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