This clay pitcher was created by an artist in Iran hundreds of years ago!

What kind of animal does it remind you of?

Bronze is a type of metal that lasts a long time.

The artist engraved details in the bowl and twisted the metal at the top to create special designs.

Engraving is when a design is scratched or carved into a material.

The Nefertiti Bust by Thutmose in Egypt, 1352-1332 BCE

Description

A sculpture of a historical person named Nefertiti. The sculpture is a portrait of her head and shoulders. The portrait is realistic. The portrait is wearing a tall crown with a painted pattern and a snake on it.

The artist Thutmose created a portrait of Queen Nefertiti during the time of the Egyptian empire.

They carved a portrait out of stone and then painted the details.

A clay pot made by Haudenosaunee in the United States, 1450-1500

This clay pot was created in the 1400s by an artist in the Haudenosaunee community. The Haudenosaunee community is also known as the Iroquois in the United States.

What do you notice about the shape of the pot and the pattern on the rim? The pattern on the rim is called a collar design.

This type of painting is known as fresco. It is part of a building in Lahore, Pakistan.

The artist used paint right after the plaster wall was created, so we can still enjoy it even though it was made over 300 years ago!

This type of art is called a print. It was created around 1830.

Japanese artist, Kasushika Hokusai, used a method called ukiyo-e (Japanese wood block printing).

He carved details into a flat piece of wood, added paint and pressed the print onto paper.

This is one of a series of 36 prints that Katsushika Hokusai created about water and waves. A series is a related set of art pieces. The pieces have a related theme. They are made by the same artist.

This is a drawing created by Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook. She was born in Kinngait, Nunavut.

Annie liked to draw about everyday things that happened in her community, her culture and in her home. What is happening in the drawing?

Christi Belcourt is Métis who shares her culture and her love and respect for the earth through her work. She uses bright colours, contrasting patterns and dots in her work to represent Métis beadwork. What did she create in her painting Reverence for Life?

Xenobia Bailey is an African-American artist. She is a fiber artist, which means that she uses materials like fabric or yarn to create her artwork. She also uses recycled materials in her work.

In the example in her artwork ‘Trilogy’, Xenobia Bailey uses yarn and plastic beads to create shapes filled with interesting patterns. What kind of shapes do you notice in Xenobia Bailey’s artwork?

Create an audio description of how you would make your own art.

What kind of ideas would you like to share?

What kind of materials would you use?

What are some of your own ideas? What kind of art would you like to create?

What kinds of materials might you use?

For example, you could use crayons and paper to create a drawing.

Or paint and paper to create a painting.

You might also create a sculpture using recycled materials (i.e. cardboard boxes, bottles etc.).

Or you might use yarn and beads to create beadwork.