Stained Glass Mosaics inspired by Steffen Thomas
Materials needed: 8x10 sheets of multicolored acetate
8x10 sheet of clear acetate (one for each student)
Clear glue such as Modge Podge (or a white glue that dries clear)
Paint brushes
Scissors
Permanent markers
Samples of Steffen Thomas’ glass mosaics and paintings
8x10 frames.
Steffen Thomas produced a number of works in glass mosaics. After viewing several pieces of art works by Thomas including Women in a Red Hat Dressed to the Nines ca. 1985, Woman Wearing a Red Hat, 1984, Flowers in Vase 1982, and Steffen’s Desk-Mosaic in Glass, 1973 students will create a glass mosaic of their own of a figure wearing a hat.
1. View images of Steffen Thomas’ paintings and glass mosaics.
2. Students will create their own figure in a hat drawn with permanent marker on clear acetate 8x10 in size. The figure can be standing or seated and drawn from the waist up in the style of Thomas.
3. Encourage students to use thick, flowing lines to emulate grout lines or leaded stained glass outlines.
4. In the drawing, break up background into simple shapes or designs.
5. Cut multicolored sheets of colored acetate into small shapes (about ¼ inch wide squares or triangles.)
6. With a clear glue product like Modge Podge glue various colored shapes into the drawn figure’s body, hat, face and background until all areas are filled in being careful not to cover up the thick black outline around the figure and shapes.
7. Overlap different colored pieces of translucent colored acetate to achieve different tones and values of color in your mosaic.
8. Allow the artwork to dry and place in an 8x10 frame and display.
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