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INDIVIDUAL BOOKENDS

Craft for pupils (year 5 to 7) - Working time: approximately 8 double lessons

All teaching units

TASK AND MOTIVATION

Even in the age of e-books and audio books, the "classic" paper book still plays an important role. Books accompany us through our entire lives: from the picture book for toddlers, teenage books, schoolbooks, to non-fiction books and novels, books are important companions. Bookends are a suitable means of stopping books from tilting and storing them in an attractive manner. Pupils are particularly motivated by the book supports presented here because they can design their own patterns or figures and colour them. This makes each piece unique.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND COMPETENCIES

  • Work analysis: Photos and videos of Arne Quinze's "The Passenger" in Mons/Belgium
  • Relationship between plastic and space
  • Use simple materials to design an art object for public space and make it as a model
  • Put the resulting object into new relationships by means of photomontage; Search for suitable photos or take them yourself
  • Test artistic possibilities of photography
  • Work with a digital image processing program

MATERIAL AND RESOURCES

Learning objectives and competencies

  • Plan, design and manufacture a product
  • Get to know different wood materials
  • Possibilities and limitations of simple material connections
  • Proper use of tools and materials
  • Working techniques: marking, sawing with the backsaw or Japanese saw and fretsaw, filing, grinding, glueing, possibly chiseling
  • Learn about and apply wood compounds (dull glueing, open dowelling, finger-twisting)
  • Identify sources of danger when handling materials and tools in order to understand and adhere to the required safety measures
  • Ecological aspects (e.g. material-saving use through careful planning and economical tracing)
  • Specific use of colour as a basic design medium
  • Derive assessment criteria and use them for a respectful and estimating assessment

Tools

  • Bracket
  • Fine or Japanese saw
  • Screw clamps
  • Depending on wood connection, drill machine, pricking awn and drill (for anchoring), chisels (for finger-twisting)
  • File
  • Scissors
  • Fretsaw
  • Fretsaw bench
  • Fretsaw blades

Resources

  • Paper, ruler and pencil for drawing the figures
  • UHU stic ReNATURE for glueing the figures on the veneer plate
  • Acrylic paints for painting the figures
  • Brushes of different strengths
  • Sandpaper
  • Wood glue as a supplement when glueing the angle parts
  • UHU Wood Glue
  • If required, foam rubber (1 to 2 mm thick) and UHU All Purpose Adhesive Extra without solvent.

Number

Design

Dimensions in mm

Material

2

Anglepart, vertical

150 x 100 x 15

Leimholz Fichte

2

Anglepart, horizontal

110 x 100 x 15

Leimholz Fichte

1Plywood
250 x 90 x 6*
Poplar

* Size depends on the figures

UHU WOOD GLUE

  • Fast setting, universal white glue with the highest binding strength for all types of wood and wood-based materials
  • Dries transparently
  • Without solvent
  • Adhesive surfaces must be dry, free of dusts and grease.
  • Cover one side fully with wood glue, cover both sides for hard wood or rough-cut edges, press time between 4 and 15 minutes

UHU STIC RENATURE GLUE STICK WITHOUT SOLVENT

  • Glue stick container made from 58% renewable raw materials
  • Saves fossil resources, reduces CO2 emissions and is 100% recyclable
  • Screw cap protects against drying out
  • Adhesive mastic up to 98% from natural ingredients
  • Adheres quickly, strongly, permanently
  • Easily applicable
  • Can be washed cold