3D Cardboard Collage Beetle

Student will:

• Learn about the artist Kurt Schwitters through research and practical work.
• Learn how nets can be used to create an object with form.
• Explore card construction techniques whilst making a three-dimensional beetle.
• Develop a greater understanding of collage through experimenting with cutting, assembling, and layering card and collage materials.

Included in this download:

• A 43-page PowerPoint presentation that introduces students to the lesson objectives, Kurt Schwitters, includes a mock-up of a research page and then shows step-by-step how to construct and collage a beetle.
• A written unit of work. This is brief (2½ pages) but useful to see how to plan the different stages of the projects. It includes an introduction, artist research, first construction, collage, final construction, extension tasks, optional homework tasks and assessment.
• A net for the beetle.
• Two pages of beetle images to inspire the collage.
• A one-column rubric for assessment.
• A page of Schwitters-inspired collage pieces to supplement the paper trash your students collect.

Materials required: Cardboard, masking tape, scissors, glue, recycled paper such as magazines, tickets, paper bags etc.

There are more 3D Art Lessons on The Arty Teacher website.

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Sarah Crowther is The Arty Teacher. She is a high school art teacher in the North West of England. She strives to share her enthusiasm for art by providing art teachers around the globe with high-quality resources and by sharing her expertise through this blog.

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