Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama has always had a passion for flowers, nature and the cosmos and has been creating paintings, sculptures, installations, fashion and photography for decades. I presented images of her large flower sculptures from various exhibitions and installations around the world, including ‘Flowers that Bloom in the Cosmos’ at the NSW Art Gallery and ‘Kusama: Cosmic Nature’ at the New York Botanical Gardens in 2021.
We discussed her sculptures and explored the ideas, materials and elements of art used.
To make our sculptures, students needed to make a wire base and stem for the flower that would stand firmly and hold the weight of the flower. They covered the wire with plaster bandage with several layers at the base to make it weightier and therefore stand. The flower was made using paper clay: Zart Magiclay which has a fabulous range of colours, and also Model Magic by Crayola, which you can get from Officeworks, Spotlight, and other craft stores.
Lesson plan with learning intentions & success criteria (including full page to display for the lesson with example photos), lesson steps with photo examples and resource materials, an artwork response sheet to use after discussion and a page for descriptive poem reflection after completion.
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Hi, I’m wondering what CD this would fall under?
Hi Emma, what do you mean by CD?