We almost forgot to mention we  are bringing home a big shinny green ribbon  for Best of Show!!!
  Tunbridge Fair is over for another year and our  Famous Farmers made their way slowly to the  bridge.... stopping along the way for photo ops!!! The people in Floral Hall said they counted 47 people taking photos  of this display in an hour on Saturday.... so they really are  Randolph Elementary's Famous Farmers!!!

 If you miss our Famous Farmers at the Tunbridge Fair 

 You can see them on display at School 

And at our Fall Art Exhibit at Chandler Gallery 

October 24 - November 14

 

 Our Crop Art Version of  Grant Woods Painting American Gothic was a great success with The Artists who made it!!

It is fun to be creative Fair participants...... and nice to be recognized with a blue ribbon

 

 RANDOLPH 

Elementary  

Visits 

the Tunbridge Fair 

Seed Faces

...........we used wheats and ryes and lentils to create different skin tones.......painting with seeds!!!!

Tunnbridge Fair Drop Off is tomorrow and We are close to being done!!!

Sunflower Seeds and

          Coffee Beans

                                 Fashion Seeds!!!

 Many Hands Make the Job Fast and Fun

Working together to build seed patterns for the woman's dress

 The Farmers Pitchfork was the most important detail
Seeds need to be glued on One by One 

That takes concentration and  cooperation

 We started the process  with a sheet of Luan 

that would not warp under the weight 

of the seeds

Students traced the outline of the American Gothic Figures onto the 

wood using an overhead projector

Students create a large line drawing of the Famous Farmers and  others paint the outlined figures black. The Figures are cut out overnight  and we are ready to start gluing seeds.

Famous Farmers 2009

Famous Farmers..... 

A Crop Art Creation will be the 

2009 Randolph Elementary School's 

submission for the 

Tunbridge Fair

Randolph Elementary Art Students are creating a project inspired by America’s most famous farmers for The 2009 Tunbridge fair. All of the classes will be working together gluing seeds on a large scale replica of Grant Wood’s painting American Gothic. It is the portrait of the farmer with a pitchfork and his wife. This type of art creation is called crop art and fits in with our school wide theme of connecting farms and community.