PROJECT: MAKING A MONUMENT

TEACHER: CHRIS DIKET

SCHOOL: ED WHITE
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL,
THIBODAUX

MAKING A MONUMENT

Definition: MONUMENT - A visual reminder of an important person, event or idea in history.

Materials: Cardboard, tape, glue, scissors, newspaper, magazines.

Students are shown examples of great monuments throughout history - The Great Pyramids, The Pathenon,
Arch of Triumph, Statue of Liberty, etc. Discussion about significance and history takes place prior to preliminary sketches of ideas.

Students were assigned an Arch of Triumph. They were allowed to create their own capitols if desired. Structures were draw on paper to size before beginning to construct a cardboard armature. Finished size is about 12 inches. These were made using cardboard, tape and glue.Students had to select a theme before beginning the final stages of the project. Images were gathered from magazines, old books, ads, etc. Pieces shown are completed with a decoupage technique. (Pieces can be alternately be completed with paper mache and paint.)

The decoupage technique began in Italy and the word itself means "to cut."
Cut paper is permanently mounted on a surface and then varnished. Many types of decoupage glue will paste and varnish in one step. Paper can be used with a variety of edges - straight edges produced with a scissors, torn for ragged edges, burned for an antique effect.

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