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THE LAMPS OF TIFFANY: Highlights from the Neustadt Collection |
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Create your own stained glass art project. There are a variety of methods for creating artwork that looks like stained glass, and many of these projects can demonstrate different aspects of actual stained glass making Use markers to draw patches of color on coffee filters, then spray the designs with water from a squirt bottle to see colors merge together. This offers students an opportunity to discuss primary and secondary and experiment in creating their own unique colors, just as Tiffany experimented with the chemical process of creating glass. Then let it dry and frame in with black construction paper “leading” to give it the look of stained glass. Choose or draw a very simple shape, such as a circle or a basic flower shape. Then retrace the shape, overlapping it as they wish in order to create a unique design. Tiffany and his designers repeated relatively simple shapes in order to create a complex and beautiful design. Begin with a black and white design, either created by students or copied from software or a coloring book. Cut pieces of tissue paper into shapes that will fill in the different portions of the design. Then place a piece of clear contact paper sticky side up on top of the design (taping it in place). Place the tissue paper on the contact paper, then place a second piece of contact paper in order to seal your design. This activity mimics the activity of glaziers who would carefully cut glass in order to fit it into a design. Paint a design on a clear plastic surface such as a transparency sheet and se puffy paint or fabric paint to create the lines or “leading” of a design, then use glass paints to fill in the design. Photocopy a design onto translucent vellum and color it. Use stained glass software to discuss how stained glass makers choose the color and texture of glass for their artistic creation or how lamp designers design the shape of a lamp shade. Allow students to create their own design and print it out onto a transparency. Use a trial version of Glass Eye 2000 by visiting www.dfly.com or get your own free software from the Albany Institute of History & Art when you complete an evaluation form. Bring flowers, plants, or other natural objects into the classroom and ask students to create a design that incorporates these natural elements. Ask students to find natural motifs in decorative objects that they find in their homes or in catalogs. Use a prism to discuss the spectrum, light, and color. Experiment with creating colors by taping red, blue, or yellow cellophane onto flashlights and “mixing” color and light by flashing the colors onto a plain white surface. Imagine that you work at Tiffany’s factory and write a diary entry. What job do you perform? What do you like and dislike about working in the factory? Visit the Corning Museum of Glass website to read about Glass Factory Jobs http://www.cmog.org/page.cfm?page=291 Imagine that you are a wealthy child living in 1902 and you have electricity in your home for the first time. Describe your reaction in a letter to a friend. |
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