Samples of Student Art Work and Construction Projects

We have sample of work from Kira, Bradley, Josh and Victor

We built miniature Inukshuks. It was difficult because you had to make the shape stand on it's own. Then we glued it together after you got the shape of a man. We put the rocks in different shapes until we got the shape we wanted.

Kira Reflects

We built the igloos in several groups. It was difficult because you had to cut all of the pieces just right. Our first one fell apart because
we did not know how to shape the pieces. We used Dry Foam which is what you stick flower arrangements in. We had to cut the pieces
with a slant in order for them to work. If they were not cut slanted, they would not fit together.

I chose to put the symbol of a seal on the wall hanging because it was simple to draw. I put the seal onto a rock because I liked the way that it looked. We made the apple head doll for our olden days study and then we brought in materials for the clothes for our doll. I made a little parka for the doll so that it would look like Inuit clothing.

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BradleyReflects

I built the the igloo out of clay bricks and mortar. It took a couple of hours because we had to stick the mortar on just right for it to stick together. I made the keystone out of cardboard and painted it white. I poured white paint on and it seeped down and covered it all white. I liked the way it looked even though it was a "Brick Igloo"!

I chose an Inukshuk for my wall hanging because I knew the Inuit use them to tell them which way to go to villages and food caches. I also chose a polar bear and a seal to make it interesting. I chose clothing for the apple head doll that was warm because the Inuit live in the Arctic.

Kira, Bradley, and Victor's work

I built my mini-Inukshuk from small rocks. Mine was the smallest in the class. I had to balance the rocks before we were allowed to glue them together so it was like building a real Inukshuk only smaller.

The Inukshuk I built was the kind the Inuit would build so that they would know the direction to go. You need to collect rocks. You need the right kind of rocks that are big enough. You need to stack them very carefully so they would balance on top of each other. Then you would have the right kind of Inukshuk that you want.

Josh's Reflections

I used marshmellows to make ghost gum for my igloo blocks. When they were hard enough we tried sticking them together with a special kind of icing. It really didn't work well. We found out we didn't have the right materials for igloos. Know we know how to make them better. We couldn't use snow because there wasn't enough of the right kind of snow. The Inuit still use igloos to tell legends to their grandchildren.

I knew they hung sliced up Arctic Char to dry on a drying rack and if a polar bear came, the Inuit would have to take the Arctic Char down and wait for the polar bear to leave. That is why I chose to put those things on my wall-hanging. Arctic char have orange meat, so it was colorful on my wall-hanging

 

Kira, Bradley, or Victor's Work

 

Victor's Reflections

I put in a man hunting a seal because seals are easy to draw and the blubber is important for the oil the Inuit use. The seal also has lots of meat. In the winter, it can be very cold and stormy so the Inuit wear kamiks and parkas and sealskin mitts. They chew the sealskin to make it soft. Nowadays, if you try chewing the sealskin and you're not used to it, you get a big headache from chewing.

This igloo was made from dough blocks and the keystone was a flat piece of dough. It was very small. It didn't go into an igloo shape very easily. The blocks were hard. It would be better to have soft blocks and let them harden when they are all on. We needed to have the wedge shape to start the igloo.

Kira, Bradley,or Josh's work

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