Environmental Sculpture
By Eden Pinstein & Vivian Coffin
Thanks to a very generous grant from DEF, Zara’s Fund, and the Westchester PTA, in our One Well expedition, we had a big exiting project! We were petrified at first, but it was completely worth it. Our first steps to this sculpture were choosing water words. We had to write down words that describe water. The next day, the next step was to see how 3D things work. We had a Z, X, and Y line to represent the angle and side. Then, after that, Mr. Mather (AKA) Mr. Spaceman, gave us a paper of where the sculpture will be going. We had to brainstorm of some shapes that we could put the sculpture. The next day we made another rough draft. This time we made two, and we chose a partner to trade drawings and make some changes and add-ons to the drawing to make it better. This made our drawings improve.
This part is sooo exciting! That night, Mr. Mather had combined all of our ideas, and turned them into one complete sculpture! The sculpture was made to represent our Case Study Phrases: Why is water important, How do humans impact our water sources, and What can we do to keep our water safe?
Mr. Mather got some tools to dig three 24 in. holes. After that, we put a wooden plank to hold up the sculpture that were going to stand it on. Mr. Mather had some cement mix that we poured around the wooden plank, then added some water to make concrete.
The next step was to sand the seat to the sculpture and make it into its shape. Everybody took turns sanding and we soon made the shapes we needed for our sculpture. We all worked together to paint and protect the wood that our sculpture was made out of. After that, we put together the sculpture. We all worked so hard to create a sculpture that shares our important message.
By Eden Pinstein & Vivian Coffin
Thanks to a very generous grant from DEF, Zara’s Fund, and the Westchester PTA, in our One Well expedition, we had a big exiting project! We were petrified at first, but it was completely worth it. Our first steps to this sculpture were choosing water words. We had to write down words that describe water. The next day, the next step was to see how 3D things work. We had a Z, X, and Y line to represent the angle and side. Then, after that, Mr. Mather (AKA) Mr. Spaceman, gave us a paper of where the sculpture will be going. We had to brainstorm of some shapes that we could put the sculpture. The next day we made another rough draft. This time we made two, and we chose a partner to trade drawings and make some changes and add-ons to the drawing to make it better. This made our drawings improve.
This part is sooo exciting! That night, Mr. Mather had combined all of our ideas, and turned them into one complete sculpture! The sculpture was made to represent our Case Study Phrases: Why is water important, How do humans impact our water sources, and What can we do to keep our water safe?
Mr. Mather got some tools to dig three 24 in. holes. After that, we put a wooden plank to hold up the sculpture that were going to stand it on. Mr. Mather had some cement mix that we poured around the wooden plank, then added some water to make concrete.
The next step was to sand the seat to the sculpture and make it into its shape. Everybody took turns sanding and we soon made the shapes we needed for our sculpture. We all worked together to paint and protect the wood that our sculpture was made out of. After that, we put together the sculpture. We all worked so hard to create a sculpture that shares our important message.