Dale chihuly art projects

Chihuly-inspired Sculpture: Using plastic cups and Shrink paper, you can make a Dale Chihuly inspired sculpture that looks like real glass! Kids of all ages and skill levels can enjoy this fun and engaging art project.

The Joslyn in Omaha has an awesome Dale Chihuly sculpture that definitely made an impact on the kids. Today they were super excited to do their Chihuly inspired projects. In honor of Mr. Chihuly's Macchia Bowl series we created coffee filter bowls. Dale Chihuly's Macchia Bowls Original coffee filter use watercolor to paint, spray with spray starch, put over a bottle to dry... our Macchia Bowls... and the leftover from the painting... can you say happy accident! In honor of Dale Chihuly's Sea…

I love this Dale Chihuly inspired art lesson for kids using shrink plastic found at Mary Making. Remember, you can use #6 plastic the same way as shrink plastic found in stores.

This unit focuses explicitly on Dale Chihuly: his life, his art. The artmaking pursued in this unit is inspired by one of Chihuly’s most well-known themes: the bowl.

The 5th graders learned about the art and installations of Dale Chihuly. Over the course of his career, Dal...

Fun group art project inspired by Dale Chihuly's blown glass chandelier. For all ages.

We finished this tower a while ago and I forgot to post these pictures of it finally finished! This was definately my favorite project of the year. It's great to see what we can do when we all work together! It was extra exciting when I got to take the fifth grade class to the MFA to see a real Chihuly tower!

Fourth grade learned about world famous American glass artist Dale Chihuly. [Times photos: James Borchuck] They made their own version of his glass Macchia bowl series using plastic! They us…

It all started with a field trip to the local trash dump and recycling center. The kids saw so much trash and recyclables in the dumping ar...

A while back I saw a great Chihuly lesson posted on The Crayon Lab blog ( here ). I've seen quite a few Chihuly inspired art lessons on...

Students at Central Riverside Elementary learned about the world-renowned glass artist, Dale Chihuly. After seeing him in action in a video clip, they were excited to create their own version of a sculpture inspired by the artist. Instead of using hot, melted glass, my students used transparencies painted with acrylic paint. Using their knowledge of organic shapes, they cut random free form shapes in a elongated orientation. Next, they punched a hole in each end and threaded them onto dowel…

We looked at the work of glass artist Dale Chihuly for this project. Color a regular coffee filter in washable markers. Spray them with starch, Hang them upside down on a water bottle to dry, Mount them on black cardboard and have an art show!

Dale Chihuly is one of my favorite glass artist. You see his work a lot here in the Northwest. He even had a piece on the Frasier TV show. But not all of us can do blown glass. I really like wh…

(Playing around with composition) My Mini Modern Artists took a look at the work of Amercian glass sculptor, Dale Chihuly. His amazing installations can be seen around the world. Closest to our home is Fiori di Como in the lobby of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Commissioned by Steve Wynn, it took over 100 architects, engineers, shippers, installers and glass blowers to create this 2,100 square foot installation with over 2000 pieces of glass. It's a spectacular piece that looks like a…

Since the preschool stained glass project was a huge success, I delved a bit deeper into the world of glass art by introducing my tiny students to Dale Chihuly. We mimicked his popular “Maccia” ser…

Want a project with 3 distinct engaging steps that incorporates action art plus art history action that preps the kids for seeing the Dale Chihuly art at the DMA in 4th grade? Here ya go! I so appr…

I first heard about Pinterest a couple months ago. Heard it was awesome, but didn't feel like I needed one more thing to be obsessed about on the computer. Then I came across an art blog where the blogger was talking about Pinterest. I decided to check it out and had a friend of mine "invite" me to join. Oh my gosh! This website is awesome!! It's a super easy way to bookmark ANYTHING on the internet into categories so you can remember it and come back to it. I've been addicted to it all…

You asked for it! Here is the step by step for creating the Chihuly bottle that are part of the "Chandelier" and the "Tower". I hope th...

"The Persians started out as a search for forms." –Chihuly

Today I'm sharing this Dale Chihuly Inspired Water Bottle Art Project! This is a great group or classroom project, because everyone can color in a bottle.