When filing paperwork this week, I found about 20 samples of wood flooring. They are just one of the many miscellaneous items that people and companies have donated to the studio. The question is, do we just toss them in the junk closet or find something to do with them. I decided to think of this a training for my future career as an art teacher. I will be teaching in public schools and may not be blessed with a generous budget. Therefore, I need to learn to reuse and recycle! I came up with a project that allows the students to repurpose the wood blocks into a quilt like design. As you can see in th photograph, I found an arangement to create depth and variety, while still allowing the blocks to fit together in a neat rectangle. I numbered the back of the blocks to make it easie to reasemble them when creating the finished piece. I prepe the blocks by painting them white white gesso. I want the students to paint the block like it was a quilt piece. The students will paint their personal block to decribe themselves and what COLORS means to them without using words. I plan to glue or nail the blocks in place and find a frame at GoodWill so that it can be hung somewhere in the studio! Look for picture updates on the progress of this "wood quilt" project!
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