Cutting stories with paper
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use continuous lines to create a paper sculpture
Key learning points
- Choosing favourite words first helps the sculpture speak a personal tale.
- Cutting continuous lines can help paper to transform into sculpture, while still holding its story.
- A single, unbroken spiral cut turns flat paper into a flowing form.
- Slow, careful cutting feels calm and mindful, echoing Korean Hanji craft.
- Placing work together can help a paper sculpture to tell a bigger story.
Keywords
Words - groups of letters that we use to talk, read, write, and share ideas with others
Paper - a thin, flat material we use for drawing, writing or making
Continuous line - a line that is drawn without lifting your pencil or pen from the paper
Common misconception
Artists only make artwork with images.
Remind pupils that artists can make artwork with images, but they can also create artwork with words.
Teacher tip
For this lesson, pupils will require a range of repurposed papers to choose from. This might include newspapers, letters, manuscripts or recycled worksheets.
Equipment
Pens or pencils, scissors, recycled papers.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What is special about a continuous line?
Q2.What is a collage?
Q3.What do we call sometiing that repeats again and again?
Q4.Match the word to what it means.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What is a continuous line?
Q2.What does Jukhee Kwon do with paper?
Q3.What happens when a single, careful spiral is cut into flat paper?
Q4.Put these steps in the right order to make a paper sculpture with a story.
To help you plan your 2 art and design lesson on: Cutting stories with paper, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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