Balance and print: telling stories with everyday things
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can create sculpture and prints using everyday objects.
Key learning points
- Sculptures can be made from everyday materials and objects.
- Some artworks are temporary but still powerful.
- Artists often tell stories with what they find, collect or reuse.
- Press prints can repeat and carry meaning from objects we know.
Keywords
Temporary - something is only meant to last for a short period of time
Sculpture - a three dimensional piece of art
Press print - a type of printing where an inked block or plate is pressed onto paper
Common misconception
Sculpture has to be glued or stuck together to be finished.
Remind pupils that some sculptures are temporary – artists sometimes build things that can fall, change or disappear.
Teacher tip
If teaching this lesson in a classroom context, pupils could gather materials and objects from around the school.
Equipment
Access to everyday objects, paper, printing ink, printing trays, polystyrene printing blocks, rollers, pencils, felt-tip pens.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What does smudging do to your drawing?
Q2.How did Käthe Kollwitz make her pictures feel strong and serious?
Q3.Match the word to what it means in art:
A black drawing material
To rub and soften marks
The mood or feeling in art
Q4.Put these steps in order to start a charcoal drawing:
Q5.What black drawing material did we use in our lesson?
Q6.What word means the mood or feeling in your picture?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What materials did Arte Povera artists use?
Q2.What does temporary mean?
Q3.Match the word to what it means:
Doesn’t last forever
Art you can walk around
Pushed into paint to make a picture
Q4.Match each action with what you do when creating a temporary sculpture:
Put objects one on top of another
Rest objects against something
Carefully place objects so they don’t fall
Cover or tuck objects inside others
Q5.What is the word for art made from everyday objects?
Q6.Put these steps in the correct order to make a press print:
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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.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
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