Unusual Art

Unusual art was never something that I even heard about before starting this project. Honestly I only chose to create an unusual art piece because it sounded like a challenge, and I had a ton of empty pop cans lying around just waiting to be recycled.

I personally believe that unusual art is perfect for the classroom because, although I don't advise cutting up pop cans with children, it's a great way to get students to think about the materials around them in a different way than before. So many children get caught up in having to use the right paint or clay or paper to make their art be exactly perfect; I really like the idea of challenging students to use what they have around them to create something new and unique.

"No Exit"

My unusual art project turned out to be a house, specifically a haunted house because I couldn't get all of the hot glue off the aluminum, but the cans could have been used in many different ways, such as classic trucks and Mario. Also, there are endless ways to create unusual art. It really is just taking something that isn't usually used as art, and making art with it, for example feather paintings, cracker clocks, and leaf hedgehogs.