{"id":1717,"date":"2023-03-12T22:16:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T03:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2023-03-12T22:16:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T03:16:39","slug":"sculpey-and-water-bottle-caricatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/sculpey-and-water-bottle-caricatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculpey and Water Bottle Caricatures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many art projects involve the use of recycled materials. Students collected and used discarded plastic water bottles to create these fun figure sculptures.   These examples were created by middle school students, but this project is appropriate for high school students, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some sand was poured into the bottles to give them a little weight. When the bottles were about half full, a paper towel was pushed into the bottle to keep the sand in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-357.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-357.png 186w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-357-155x300.png 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hands and heads were made of Sculpey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-358.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1719\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The neck extended into the opening of the bottle, and triangular pieces of cardstock were used to form the shoulders and chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sculpey-Caricatures1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sculpey-Caricatures1.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sculpey-Caricatures1-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scrap entrance cable electrical wire was used to form arms, and the heads and hands were painted with acrylic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-359.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-359.png 248w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-359-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The characters were brought to life with the addition of<br>fabric, yarn and various accessories!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"184\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-360.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-360.png 184w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-360-153x300.png 153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-361.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-361.png 197w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-361-164x300.png 164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-362.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-362.png 279w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-362-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-363.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-363.png 252w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-363-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many art projects involve the use of recycled materials. Students collected and used discarded plastic water bottles to create these fun figure sculptures. These examples were created by middle school students, but this project is appropriate for high school students, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/sculpey-and-water-bottle-caricatures\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6,25,360,358,75,74,83,77,334],"class_list":["post-1717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lesson-plans","tag-art-education","tag-art-lesson-plan","tag-caricature","tag-figure-sculpture","tag-high-school-art","tag-middle-school-art","tag-sculpey","tag-sculpture","tag-upcycling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1726,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717\/revisions\/1726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}