ACE Activity: Nature Mosaic Art
Venue: Indoor, community center
Age Groups: All Participants
Age Groups: All Participants
Background of Mosaic Art...
"Mosaic is a painting method which has been around since ancient times. Joining pieces of different shapes and colour made of stone, glass, paper, or fabric allows artists to create patterns or even complex images. The word mosaic comes from a late Latin term musaicum, which indicated a work dedicated to the muses. Today, the mosaic technique indicates arranging different types of pieces to create a decorative or artistic overall work.
Mosaic Art Gallery is the website where you can explore more artwork examples from different Mosaic artists.
Mosaic Art Gallery is the website where you can explore more artwork examples from different Mosaic artists.
The artwork samples of Mosaic will be displayed in the community center. The displayed artworks can help participants to have a better understanding of the styles of Mosaic art and also art knowledge about historical and contemporary mosaic artworks.
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Contemporary Mosaic Artworks
Mosaic Art Now(MAN) celebrates contemporary mosaics by bringing the art form’s most accomplished practitioners and most innovative thinking to this website. YOUTUBE: Jason Dussault And His Contemporary Mosaic Art |
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Hands-on Activity: Nature Mosaic Art
Basically, mosaic is an art form that includes small pieces of a material that are glued or cemented onto a flat surface. With the interest of the Nature-Art project, natural resources are the main art materials and will be provided, or participants can use their own collection of natural resources from botanical garden.There will be a great range of materials available for participants use including:
General Instruction:
Safety Tips:
- Seeds and beans are choking hazard. Do not let children to play with it.
- Some plants and twigs are sharp, children should always be supervised by adults while making artworks.
- Natural materials such as plants, leaves, flowers, small twigs, seeds and beans
- Clear-drying, non-toxic glue
- Cardboard (reuse an old box)
- Scissors
- Pencil
General Instruction:
- Draw a “nature” scene or object onto the cardboard with a pencil. This can range from a landscape with trees and a pond, to a simple flower that inspired by the view from botanical garden. Try to avoid a scene with too much detail. Think loose, general shapes and objects.
- Cover the large geometric or organic shape with glue. (Try watering down the glue and using a paint brush to spread it.) Then place the natural objects (leaves, flower petals, twigs, etc.) onto the glue, mosaic style. Simply line up the objects next to each other to form areas of the picture. Discuss the shapes and patterns that he sees as he goes along.
- Set the nature mosaic aside to dry.
Safety Tips:
- Seeds and beans are choking hazard. Do not let children to play with it.
- Some plants and twigs are sharp, children should always be supervised by adults while making artworks.
Picture example: Seed Mosaic Art
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Nature mosaic activity allows community members to access natural collection to create their artworks. It is a meaningful way to bring outdoor inside and to inspire people in art making process. Mosaic is a medium of choice for artistic expression. The style of mosaic art is designed to use diversity materials to create a unique artwork. In this event, all the participants are provided opportunity to explore a wide range of natural resources which are in different texture, colour, shape and form. They all learn by arranging the materials into tighter structure and playing with the form, colours and composition. For children, it is great for provoking their imaginations and developing art language and thinking when art and environment learning are provided(DEEWR,2009). Participating in the activity, parents can spend more time interacting and communicating with their child while making art together. This activity provides a good opportunity for bonding relationship within the family as well the community which is essential in developing a sense of belonging within our community. After finishing their artwork, they are encouraged to share their ideas with others which is significant to form a strong relationship which is essential to develop a sense of belonging within our community.
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