Mandalas

Here are a few of our 5th grade Mandala designs.
We focused on the historical concepts and radial symmetry.
Oil Pastels were used. 




We used one quarter of the paper to design a template.  This was spun and traced with the 'ole charcoal method. 
Take a charcoal pencil and trace a design.  This puts a nice dusty layer on the lines.  Then, you flip over the paper and press the lines again (you can even rub the entire back with a spoon.)  This presses your charcoal on to a new paper in the desired spot.  "A poor-mans copy machine."  In this design, that technique was repeated in a spiral (spinning)from a center point on a larger square.  So, the kids pressed the design four times- one in each quadrant.

Comments

  1. Mrs WheatleyApril 13, 2011

    Hi there. These look great, and I'd like to do them with my class. You mention the ole charcoal method for transferring the design, but I don't understand what you mean. Please explain!

    Love the blog, by the way.

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  2. Lori- funart4kids.blogspot.comApril 13, 2011

    Well, back in the day...as a kid...before the copy machine, ha, ha...we would take a charcoal pencil and trace a design. This would put a nice dusty layer on the lines. Then, you flip over the paper and press the lines again (you can even rub the entire back with a spoon.) This presses your charcoal on to a new paper in the desired spot. "A poor-mans copy machine." In this design, that technique was repeated in a spiral (spinning)from a center point on a larger square. So the kids pressed the design four times- one in each quadrant. Does that make sense?

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  3. Mrs WheatleyApril 18, 2011

    Thanks. Come to think of it, I've transferred designs this way when working with fabric!

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