When I saw the Art Lesson: Op Art Paper Weavings on Teacher's Pay Teachers, I knew that it would be perfect for my middle schoolers. 5th and 6th graders 'get' weaving so much easier than my little baby 1st and 2nd graders ever did. We flew through this project with ease, and I wish I would've made it just a ltitle bit harder.
In the lesson plan, she suggest having them do a 'mini' weaving, so I had mine choose between about 6-7 colors for their paper strips, and cut 6X9 black pieces of construction paper for everyone's loom. I knew that I wanted to create a collaborative mural with all of the mini weavings I just wasn't sure what it would be until I laid them all out and sorted by color. I had mostly red, white and blue so for the Winter Olympics, I knew I wanted to do something patriotic. I also added a couple of '8-bit' hearts on the sides and then I rand out of mini weavings. I decided to call it good and I am happy with the results of the mural.
The black and white mini weavings look the best from far away.
In the lesson plan, she suggest having them do a 'mini' weaving, so I had mine choose between about 6-7 colors for their paper strips, and cut 6X9 black pieces of construction paper for everyone's loom. I knew that I wanted to create a collaborative mural with all of the mini weavings I just wasn't sure what it would be until I laid them all out and sorted by color. I had mostly red, white and blue so for the Winter Olympics, I knew I wanted to do something patriotic. I also added a couple of '8-bit' hearts on the sides and then I rand out of mini weavings. I decided to call it good and I am happy with the results of the mural.
The black and white mini weavings look the best from far away.
After an art teacher passed away, her husband invited me to look through her old art teacher stuff and take home whatever I wanted. Way back on the bulletin board are some 'really hard' optical illusion weavings that were part of the haul. I still have them, but I wanted to document them here too. I'm not even sure how they made some of them, they are so cool!
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