While looking at art in Europe, we looked at stained glass and how it is common especially in churches in Europe (and even America today). We looked at how the stained glass is made by coming up with a design, cutting glass that has been colored into specific shapes, then attaching the pieces with metal (which is what looks black). Today, stained glass is not only used for windows, but also for decorative items and lamps - like in Tiffany lamps.
To make their own "stained glass", students used paper. They were given 1 inch tissue paper squares in any color they wanted, and used the squares to come up with a design by cutting them into shapes if they wanted. They brushed Mod Podge on a piece of paper, placed the tissue paper squares on top, then brushed Mod Podge on top of that again. The tissue paper and Mod Podge together have a translucent effect that, when it is dry, looks similar to stained glass. The final step was to add the "solder", which looks black. For us, I mixed some black acrylic paint with glue. This was easy to squirt out of a glue bottle, and when it is dry looks black and leaves a slightly raised texture.
How did you make the black lines in this project?
ReplyDeleteThe black lines were made by mixing black acrylic paint with Elmer's glue in the glue bottles. You can add enough paint with the glue so that it comes out black when you squirt it out the bottle. The nice thing about using glue bottles is that it is easy (for most students :) to make straight lines.
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