Pre-Field Trip Visit Visual Arts Grade 9 —

Pre-Field Trip Visit Visual Arts Grade 9 - 12 By Karla Respress, Art Teacher Avon Park High School, Avon Park, FL

What is a Wayside Shrine? • A wayside shrine, is often a religious item, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway. • They often commemorate a specific incident near the place (either a death in an accident or an escape from harm) – but others mark an important object along the road or pathway. Wayside shrine. (2010, August 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. http: //en. wikipedia. org/w/index. php? title=Wayside_shrine&oldid=378066840 Ways found ide shrines in Eur a ope, l re often ike th in Ge is one rman y. Bildstock in Sankt Georgen am Längsee photograph by Peter Binter ide , ways y US In the re usuall sa shrine mporary. e more t http: //t 1. gstatic. com/images ?

The History of Rubbing • • Rubbing is one of the oldest forms of printmaking. Before the camera was invented, Japanese fishermen would make rubbings of the fish they caught in order to record they type and size of the fish. Today fishermen continue the centuries-old practice of using rubbings, but now it has evolved into an art form. This type of rubbing is called Gyotaku combines two Japanese words, "gyo, " meaning fish, and "taku, " meaning rubbing. Click He re To view more of this a rtist’s work (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http: //www. britannica. com/EBchecked/topic/511857/rubbing http: //www. hawaiibeachcombers. com/images/GYOTAKU-STEP 3. gif

How Artists Use Rubbings • To help his flow of imagery from his unconscious mind, Ernst used frottage (the French word for rubbings). http: //t 3. gstatic. com/images? q=tbn: ANd 9 Gc. Sk_Ac 7 34 ew 6 WYESAIe. KCGOMBDype 26 ch. P 7 AGKTq. Wan. JDV 8 HZz Max Ernest , German Painter 1891 -1976 Dada and Surrealist Movement Click H er to lea e more rn ab Max E out rnest • He said he was inspired by grain in planks of wooden flooring; the patterns in the grain suggested strange images to him. • He captured these by laying sheets of paper on the floor and then rubbing over them with a soft pencil. http: //www. suite 101. com/content/surrealist-painter-max-ernst-a 32276#ixzz 1 Cf. Scw. V 3 Y Ernest, Max. 1925. Frottage. La mer et la pluie (The Sea and Rain) from Histoire Naturelle. Museum of Modern Art , NY.

How to Make a Wayside Shrine Rubbing • Rubbings are made by: – carefully pressing paper onto the textured surface – Rubbing a medium (like a crayon or charcoal stick) over the paper • A carefully made rubbing provides an accurate, fullscale facsimile of the surface reproduced. • The textured surface of the shrine boxes are woodcuts made by artist and MOFAC Curator, Mollie Doctrow. • The end product, therefore, cannot be considered an original print but rather an accurate record Doctrow’s woodcut. Click Here To watch a video on how woodcuts are made (and printed)! (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http: //www. britannica. com/EBchecked/topic/511857/rubbing (Place an image of one of the wildflower rubbings here).

Look for These Wildflowers Along the Trail http: //www. fnai. org/Field. Guide/pdf/Chionanthus_pygmaeus. pdf Pygmy Fringe Tree Chionanthus pygmaeus Endangered http: //www. scrubjaytrail. org/about/images/hunt_louise/flora_hunt/pygmy_fringe_tree 01_250 x 310. jpg

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Field Trip Procedures You may… • Photograph the flowers • Wear closed toed shoes, hats, sunglasses • Bring water You may not… • Touch or pick the flowers • Wear any other inappropriate school attire • Leave the trail path Remember, you represent your school and teacher! Meeting place: _____________Meeting time: ________