Wrapping Studio

I have been proposing introducing a wrapping curriculum to the art studio for quite a while, so I was excited this spring when we finally presented it. I envisioned it in the Young Artist Program format with several different stations. Many artists, both outsider and traditional, have wrapped chairs, so I proposed that we start there. Liz took it a step further with the Wrapping Garden, bringing in not only a chair but also an easel and the piece of furniture we use to hang artist aprons on. It was so much fun to watch them transform over the five weeks.

We had a lot of ideas for what would get wrapped at the tables, from small things to natural objects to recycled plastic bottles. But after I sent Liz these pictures from Studio Sprout, we had a new plan.

We cut and notched small pieces of cardboard and offered sticks and other natural materials and enhancements to be wrapped with the yarn at the tables.

I’d say it was a very successful project!

We put larger pieces of fabric and ribbons  along with blocks and some other things to wrap in the sensory table.

Photographs of wrapping artists and wrapped objects and books about Judith Scott and Christo and Jeanne-Claude helped to set the stage. Educators were inspired as well!