In the Art Studio: Spreading Joy Around The World...Scale In Art

Florentijn Hofman is a Dutch artist. He wants people to remember happy times from childhood. He created a yellow, inflatable duck! His duck has been to the US, China, Japan, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, and France.

SCALE is:
the size of an object compared to another object...we like to compare things to the size of a human being.
What would you say about the "scale" or size of this duck?

Here is another example of a large scale piece of art...

And another...

Here is a question for you...is a doll house a large or small scale object?

Another question...is a match car a large or small scale object?

I am going to show you how to create a small scale human figure out of tin foil, then I will show you how the scale can change!

First...

We will create a base using a piece of cardboard, tape and wire

Insert the wire into the center and tape it on the back

Turn it right side up

Get a piece of foil about the size of a piece of writing paper and cut on the lines like you see below.

Crunch up the foil at the "waist"...crunch the legs and the arms and head.

Cover the little guy with tape

Attach him to the base...wire goes up the back...you can add a little glue from the glue gun if he wiggles. This is called an armature. Now it is ready to embellish...add details and cool stuff.