Greek Sculptures

Fifth grade artists have been showing great patience and working diligently the last two weeks while creating wire armatures for their Greek-inspired sculptures. First, they had to choose which Ancient Greek sculpture style they wanted to portray in their artwork: Archaic, Classical, or Hellenistic. Next, they had to draw a rough draft in their sketchbook of either a person they knew, a Greek god or goddess, or an animal that displayed qualities of their desired sculpture style. Once rough drafts were completed, students took to using a variety of wire, pliers, and wire cutters to twist, bend, cut, and shape the "skeleton" for the inside of their sculpture. Next step is to sculpt on clay!

Here are a few excellent examples of the wire armatures: