weight and balance

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Cycle 5 Weight and Balance

Cycle 5 Elements and Principles in Design

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Four Design Teams:

• Faith, Sibusiso, Karen, Onesimo and Simone
• Avuyile, Lelethu, Siyanda,  Chris, Lonwabo and Thabiso
• Shiraaj , Cara, Sisanda, Menzona  and Thando
• Loot, Toya, Sipokazi, Wedon and Aline

Bring:

Corrugated cardboard boxes, glue, masking tape, thread, string, wool,

collage paper (magazines, wrapping paper, posters, etc.), glue, glitter,

sewing pins, acetate, cellophane, sticky tape, sewing needles, sewing machines,

foils, dowel-rods, staplers etc......

Suggestions:

• work as a team, bring and share
• bring as many materials as possible
• come prepared
• be willing and enthusiastic!

DESIGN ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES MOBILE

I-Intention: To explore design elements and principles

DO-Task/brief: 

·         Work with your team and come up with a word, each person will be making two letters

·         Each person is to make an A4 3D letter and an A6 3D, suspended from a dowel. Ad least one letter needs to include curves

·         Each team will make their word mobile from these letters

·         On each letter you are to include as many of the design elements (line, color, shape, form, tone, texture) and principles (balance, direction, harmony, variety, contrast, dominance/weight, repetition/pattern, composition)

·         On an A3 page draw your letters out in various positions labeling and explaining how you have used the elements and principles.

A-Agenda/itinerary: 

·         Introduction: explanation of brief

·         Slideshows

·         Making of the mobiles

·         Check-out

R-Rules/roles: Punctual, participation, enthusiasm, open-mindedness, responsibility, honesty and respect.

Mark-facilitator, co-ordinator, Learners-learning, co-operating, willing, self-regulating

T-Time:

·         9:30-10:00 introduction and demonstration

·         3:45-4:15   check-out

Rubric:

·         has your team worked cohesively: does your mobile hang, spell a word, has everyone finished and contributed

·         Have the elements and principles been thoroughly explored

·         Level of craft: competence with cutting, working with materials, neatness

·         What is the level of drawing competence: understanding of perspective , layout/composition, legibility