Paper Curriculum Integration:
 World History, Technology

 Concepts 
NC Course of Study Objectives: 21st Century Skills:
  • The invention of paper
    		• 7.01 A.1
  • Paper and society
    		• 7.01, 7.05 A.2
  • Kinds of paper
    		• 2.01 B.3
  • Felting and other Fiber Arts
    		• 2.02 B.4
  • The Design Process
    		• 1.01, 1.03 B.1, C.5

    Paper like ours was first made in China around 100 AD Toilet paper on a roll was first made in the US by the Scott company in 1880



     Skills 


     Artists 

    • Henri Matisse - 1869-1954 - used lots of cut paper shapes in his later artwork

      Illustration made with paper shapes and paint One of the blue nudes - made with cut paper shapes

    • Jen Stark - b.1983? - young cut-paper artist on the Internet

      Made from cut paper Sculptural use of flat colored paper



     Words We'll Use 

    • Design process: The process used by most artists and designers to create artwork or designs. Includes: study the problem; brainstorm and sketch solutions; experiment, sketch, or test ideas; select the best solution and sketch in more detail; produce the final artwork or design.

    • Experimentation: To search out by trial.

    • Felting: The process of making non-woven fabric from fibers through the application of heat, moisture and pressure.

    • Mosaic: Artwork created from small bits of paper, tile, glass, etc. placed to create large images or areas of color.

    • Organic: Any living or natural shape that is not geometric.

    • Paper-mache: Paper pulp mixed with wheat paste and molded into three-dimensional forms.

    • Paper Making: The process of creating paper using water, fibers, or recycled papers.

    • Process: Progressive course, a series of changes, a method of creating.

    • Pulp: The fibers from cloth, wood, or other sources that is used to make paper.

    • Relief: Artwork that uses the third dimension but is clearly created on a flat surface. Artwork that sticks up a little from the flat surface.

    • Quilting: The process of making art using two or more layers of fabric that are then stitched in a pattern through all the layers.

    • Score: In paper sculpture, to crease using a semi-sharp object for easy folding; in clay, to slash or cut before joining pieces.

    • Stitchery: Artwork made by using a needle and thread or yarn to create a design.

    • Technique: A special way to create artwork, often by following a step-by-step procedure.

    • Texture: An element of art that is the way an object feels or looks like it feels.

    • Weaving: A process and product created by interlacing strands of material.




    • The 'sampler'

    • Weaving with paper

     Projects 

    • Making Paper

    • Paper relief projects

    • Stitchery project - bean bags



     Keeping Busy 

    • Paper mosaic art - Glue down small torn pieces of construction paper or magazine pictures to build a closeup image of a flower or other natural element.



     Enrichment 

    • Wrapping paper

    • Various paper artists

    • 'Post-Its' Car Party



     Homework/Makeup Work 

    • Collect paper samples -
      Start with grocery bags, newspaper, notebook paper, cardboard, toilet paper, paper towel, etc. Then look for fancy and decorative papers. Cut a 2"x2" square of each paper and arrange them in a pattern of 4 samples by 4 samples (16 paper samples in all).

    • Research -
      Read about the environmental impacts of paper in modern society. Read about recycling of paper, bleaching of paper, disposal of waste paper. Write a brief (1 page) summary of the most interesting things you found out.

    • See also - General Homework options on the Homework page.