This year, seventh graders made "stained glass" window panels out of black paper, transparency sheets, markers, tissue paper, and the use of X-Acto blades. We began by looking at examples of stained glass and learning the history and original purpose of the art. (A long time ago, most people were illiterate; stained glass was an excellent way to visually present information, especially bible stories.) For our project, students could choose to create an abstract or representational panel. Below you can see examples of their beautiful art.
I feel it worth mentioning that it took me about three weeks to successfully hang these artworks. I tried masking tape, packing tape, frog tape, two different brands of sticky tak, and hot glue. All of these adhesives failed to hold these art projects to our cafeteria windows. It was frustrating. A last, however, I tried 3M duct tape. The stained glass has been hanging ever since. Thank goodness.
This student chose not to use an X-Acto blade.
Thanks to the seventh grade, our cafeteria looks a lot better now!
