Year 2 - Art and design
Cutting stories with paper
Art that travels: stories, land and journeys
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Unit Summary
Made in collaboration with October Gallery, this unit explores how art shares stories across time and place as pupils cut, sculpt and collage maps into textured journeys of movement, exchange, identity and belonging.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use continuous lines to create a paper sculpture.
Key Notes
- Choosing favourite words first helps the sculpture speak a personal tale.
- Cutting continuous lines can help paper to transform into sculpture, while still holding its story.
- A single, unbroken spiral cut turns flat paper into a flowing form.
- Slow, careful cutting feels calm and mindful, echoing Korean Hanji craft.
- Placing work together can help a paper sculpture to tell a bigger story.
Vocabulary To Learn
- words: groups of letters that we use to talk, read, write, and share ideas with others
- paper: a thin, flat material we use for drawing, writing or making
- continuous line: a line that is drawn without lifting your pencil or pen from the paper
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Artists only make artwork with images.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Choosing favourite words first helps the sculpture speak a personal tale. Cutting continuous lines can help paper to transform into sculpture, while still holding its story.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'words'
groups of letters that we use to talk, read, write, and share ideas with others.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Artists only make artwork with images. Correction: Remind pupils that artists can make artwork with images, but they can also create artwork with words.
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