Younger Children

Michael Ray Charles

American, born 1967

(Forever Free) Ideas, Languages and Conversations

2015

2015-07-16-yc_edu_charles.pdf

Subject: Repeating Patterns
Activity: Make a pattern with rubber stamps
Materials: Rubber stamps, color inkpads, paper
Vocabulary: Pattern, shape

Introduction:

Patterns are used to create designs. Stripes on a t-shirt or square windows on a building are examples of patterns. Look around and see if you can find a pattern.

Sometimes artists use only one shape to create a large work of art. Michael Ray Charles made this sculpture using only wooden crutches. He bolted the crutches together then hung them from the ceiling.

Questions:

What shapes do you see?

What patterns do you see? How are they made?

How many crutches make up a wheel?

Can you find the single crutches?

Activity:

Make a pattern with a rubber stamp. Try stamping several repeating rows, or stamp in a circle. Use different inks to make it colorful! How many different patterns can you make?

BTW:

Michael Ray Charles formed the star shapes to look like spokes on a wheel.

Vocabulary:

Pattern - A repeating line, shape, or color
Space - A circle, square, triangle, or any other type of form

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