Dale Chihuly 'Macchia'

I did this project back in October but did not get around to posting it.

My second graders learned how to draw Dale Chihuly's Macchia series using an organic shape to start and then used crayons to create a pattern and filled in the white spaces with watercolors.

My Kindergarteners used pattern and markers to create their coffee filter Macchia. They simply created the design and I stayed late rubber banding them over yarn cones and spraying them with spray starch (check out this post for a picture). I then mounted them to thick, colored mounting board that had a label with their name and class on it.

I created an arrangement with both projects to put in the glass display case in front of the library. The school is brand new, in its second year completed, so the display case houses an American flag, ribbon and scissors from the ribbon cutting ceremony. We are not allowed to remove it, so I worked around it.