Document
Introduction
Artist Monika Bravo uses a computer to make many layers of images. In this work, notice how many shapes come together to make a large moving image.
Questions
What do these forms look like to you?
How do you think the artist came up with these forms?
Activity
Using a marker, draw a shape from nature onto a piece of parchment paper, then, think of a similar shape, and draw the second one onto the other piece of paper. Have an adult cut each piece of paper into long strips. Weave the strips together until you have a rectangle. What happened to the shapes you drew once you cut them up and weaved them back together?
BTW
This work deals with the subject of geology which is the study of the Earth. The Earth has many layers of different soil and rocks.
Look again
Take this activity a step further by searching for and collecting objects with interesting shapes out in nature. Try tracing these objects and layering each traced outline with the various found objects you selected. What types of objects are easiest to trace? Which object’s outlines look best together?
Vocabulary
Animation - Many images in a pattern that look like a moving object
Geology – The study of Earth and rocks
Weaving – Joining strips or pieces together to make a larger whole
Layer - A certain section of material on a surface
Form - A shape or outline of a shape