Art Explorer #2: Instant Sculpture with Found Objects

Art Word of the Week: Colour

“Is the visual sensation of light caused by stimulating the cones of the retina” (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009, P 136). In my sculpture I have lots of colour. I used two different colours for the cupcakes, pink and white. To make the colour pink I had to use white frosting with red food colouring to make it pink which would make pink a secondary color.

  I found this blog very challenging for myself because I have been thinking for weeks on what I could make using the materials in my house. While looking around my house on my day off I noticed that my house is full of flowers. From the walls in my hallway to the kitchen, family room and dining room, real and artificial flowers are placed EVERYWHERE. So since I love flowers and so does my mom apparently I have decided to make a flower out of materials in my house.

The materials I chose to use were miniature cupcakes and cinnamon hearts. I decided that since Valentine’s Day is coming up that this would be cute if I made a pretty flower out of Valentine’s Day cupcakes and cinnamon hearts. I decided to make these little tiny cupcakes and use pink and white frosting because these colours represent Valentine’s Day to me. I then thought it would be pretty neat to test out and see how this flower made out of cupcakes and cinnamon hearts would look. By looking at my picture you can see that I used the cupcakes to make the flower and I used the cinnamon hearts to make the stem and leaf part of the flower. Overall, I believe this little sculpture of mine turned out good! It looked and tasted delicious and I also had fun making it J 

Instant sculptures are great for children. Here they can begin to use their creative minds with a variety of materials we provide as educators. Instant sculptures are open-ended and have no instructions, therefore allowing their creation possibilities to be endless. Children enjoy these non-instructional based activities because they are free to do and create on their own.

Now hopefully I get a bouquet of real roses for Valentine’s Day from my special someone!! Love the way they smell & look in my bedroom J  

Schirrmacher, R., & Fox, J., E. (2009). Art and creative development for young children (6^th Ed.). Belmont, CA: Delmar.