*Created by Kay Wagner, Ph.D., Edina Public Schools, Edina, Minnesota Drawn images may be used freely, fair use laws app

1. *Created by Kay Wagner, Ph.D., Edina Public Schools, Edina, Minnesota Drawn images may be used freely, fair use laws apply to all other images

2. Making an Original Wild Thing Sculpture Inspired by Maurice Sendak’s book WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

3. ROAR GNASH

5. Terrible Eyes

7. Terrible claws

8. We will be making an originalWild Thing sculpture ...

9. Here are some examples of Wild Thing Sculptures from other artists ...

10. Mexican Brunido Pottery Cat

11. The Only, Only BirdAlexander Calder, 1952 Calder created Contrast with a thick body and thin legs. Calder created Unity by repeating colors and shapes.

12. Mounted KnightWilliam Accorsi CharmRobert Hudson1964

13. Mexican Turtle Box The Mexican artist created Contrast with a rounded body and straight edge box. The Mexican artist created Unity by repeating colors and shapes.

14. The GeneralsMarisol1961-62

15. This Mexican artist created Variety by decorating the monster with different sized circles Mexican Oaxacan Monster

16. African Wood Carving: Zebra This African artist varied the thickness of the lines to make his sculpture more interesting

17. Variety and Contrast • Artists make their art work more exciting by adding Variety. • They do this by using different colors, lines and shapes. • Contrast is extreme variety and will make parts of an art work stand out.

18. The eyes show contrast we notice them right away because they are larger than the other circles and the colors don’t appear in other places on the sculpture Mexican Oaxacan Monster

19. In our Wild Thing Sculpture we will... • Make our art work more exciting by adding Variety. • We will use different colors, lines and shapes. • We will also achieve unity by repeating some line shapes and colors.

20. Our wild thing sculpture will also be a box in which you can hide things.

21. To make your own originalWild Thing sculpture ...

22. 1 - 12X18 sheet light colored construction paper #3 #2 ELMER’S GLUE-ALL Each student needs: 1- Pencil 1- eraser 1- scissors 1- Glue 1- tongue depressor (bone folder)

23. Lay your paper so it is horizontal on the table in front of you

24. Not vertical

25. Fold the long bottom edge up to the top

26. Fold the long bottom edge up to the top

27. Fold the long bottom edge up to the top

28. Fold the long bottom edge up to the top

29. The “bone folder”is used on its edge to crease the folded paper. A tongue depressor will be used as a “bone folder”.

30. Using the edge of the “bone folder” crease the fold

31. Unfold the sheet, keeping it horizontal

32. Unfold the sheet, keeping it horizontal

33. Unfold the sheet, keeping it horizontal

34. Unfold the sheet, keeping it horizontal

35. Fold the long edges so that they line up with the center fold

36. Fold the long edges so that they line up with the center fold

37. Fold the long edges so that they line up with the center fold

38. Fold the long edges so that they line up with the center fold

39. Crease the long edges with the bone folder

40. Unfold the sheet, keeping it horizontal

41. Unfold the sheet, keeping it horizontal

42. Unfold the sheet, keeping it horizontal fold

43. Unfold the sheet, keeping it horizontal fold

44. Fold a glue tab on the left side

45. Fold a glue tab on the left side 4ZZ

46. Fold a glue tab on the left side 4ZZ

47. Crease the edge with the bone folder. 4ZZ

48. Line up the glue tab fold with the opposite edge.

49. Line up the glue tab fold with the opposite edge. 4ZZ

50. Line up the glue tab fold with the opposite edge.