Collage sails: pattern and identity
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make a patterned collage sail that shows symbols and colours
Key learning points
- Artists like Julien Zingozen use sails to talk about identity and history.
- Art can use abstract symbols to help us share stories without needing to explain them.
- Continuous line drawing can help us see shapes and symbols in new ways.
- Collage can be used to create abstract patterns and show ideas.
Keywords
Pattern - when shapes, colours or lines repeat again and again
Abstract - using shapes, colours and lines in artwork to represent feelings or ideas
Symbol - a picture or shape that stands for something else
Common misconception
All abstract symbols need to be explained to others.
Remind pupils that some abstract symbols hold personal or cultural meanings that don’t have to be explained. The West African Adinkra symbol Sankofa, literally means “go back and fetch it” and suggests that we carry our past with us.
Teacher tip
Teachers may wish to pre-cut viewfinders for pupils to use for Task A.
Equipment
tracing paper, oil pastels, black pens, colours paper, scissors, hole punches, sticks
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Can you think of another name we use for a person in art?
Q2.Who is Anna Boghiguian?
Q3.What do Anna Boghiguian’s artworks show?
Q4.Put the steps in order to make a paper sculpture using a continuous line.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Where is Julien Sinzogan from?
Q2.What is a viewfinder?
Q3.What story does Julien Sinzogan’s art tell?
Q4.Match the word to the correct meaning.
when shapes, colours or lines repeat again and again
using shapes, colours and lines in art to represent feelings or ideas
a picture or shape that stands for something else
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