Friday, February 11, 2011

Homeschool Art Project: Mosaics

The concept of our art project this week came about somewhat serendipitously:


In RJ's science, we're doing a unit on how the Earth moves around the Sun.  That, of course, leads to discussions on how we measure time - by the year, months, days, and by hours.  While discussing sun dials from a library book about the Roman Empire, I came across a section on mosaics.  Roman mosaics were made from stone, tile or glass pieces.  We made ours out of construction paper remnants leftover from other projects that still had usability.  I cut the papers up into pieces of random shape and size and the kids created these:  (Click either image to see the rest of the photos)




Ars gratia artis

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