In this project I set up a still life for my high school students to draw on heavy stock paper. They then cut out the objects they had drawn and added color. To assemble their sculptures I showed them how to create small slits at the bottom of each piece as well as at the bottom of the base (a couple of strips of paper in a cross formation). They weren't super sturdy, but they stood up. Heavier paper would have been more rigid, and in some ways better, but it would have been harder for them to cut. As you can see, some students got really into the coloring and made Matisse-like shapes, and others were more restrained. I got this idea from Kirk, my cooperating teacher at Shady Hill School. Thanks Kirk!
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