Chinanews.com, Lanzhou, July 8 (Reporter Liu Yutao) "Rolling paper must have skills, according to the pattern, the curvature, and the different parts, the color and size are different." Haishiwan, Honggu District, Lanzhou City No. 2 Said Feng Yi, a third-grade student in elementary school.
Feng Yi has not participated in the school's paper art club for a long time. She has been practicing basic skills and can only make some simple patterns such as butterflies and flowers.
"Be patient, if you are impatient, you can easily do it badly," she said.
Entering Feng Yiyan's paper class classroom, the surrounding walls and blackboards are covered with quilling works made by students.
"Fu", "Chinese Zodiac", "Sunflower", "Little Tree Grows Up", "Little Crab", "Plum Blossom Tree", etc. The pictures are three-dimensional and changeable with rich content.
The picture shows students using colored paper to roll out "Fu".
Photo by Liu Yutao
Zhao Chunmei, an art teacher at Haishiwan No. 2 Primary School in Honggu District, said that the materials for quilting art creation are generally colored paper strips. When making paper, the cardboard is first cut into equal-width strips, and the paper is rolled, folded, pressed, twisted, etc Method to create imagination, and finally paste the combination to form.
In addition to using colored paper to create, students also use waste to create bottle decoration paintings on waste wine bottles.
"In the process of creation, I found that children have unlimited potential to be developed." Zhao Chunmei said, through the completion of design tasks and the exploration of technical issues, stimulate the desire to create, enjoy the fun of creation, and cultivate one's own Creative imagination, as well as the ability to continuously innovate in practice, form a positive, cooperative and enterprising quality, "learning by playing" and "playing by learning".
The picture shows the "Butterfly" created by students.
Photo by Liu Yutao
In 2013, Zhao Chunmei participated in the training of art backbone teachers and got in touch with the art of quilling paper.
"Practice making the paper by myself, I find that quilling paper painting is helpful to the development of children's interest and ability." She said.
Later, Haishiwan No. 2 Primary School established the Yanzhi Art Club, and Zhao Chunmei served as the tutor of the Yanzhi Art Club.
"The children like this crafting class very much, and the works created are unique and creative. For example, there are local characteristics "Little Dinosaurs", Chinese traditional "Facial Makeup" and "Fu" characters, as well as the design of "Plum Blossom Tree" combined with Chinese paintings, as well as children's cooperation. The work "Flowers Blossoming", etc., are well grasped and full of creativity." She said.
Zhao Chunmei said that in today's primary school art classroom teaching, many focus on the reproduction, imitation, and production of works, while ignoring the design and innovation of works.
Oftentimes, manual classrooms that should have aroused students' interest, there are simple productions that make students less interested, and slightly more complicated operations may be abandoned halfway, and the works are similar and lack innovation, which completely fails to achieve the development of students' creative potential and cultivating skills. the goal of.
To this end, the school is based on practice, experience, and inquiry learning. Through careful design before class and timely inspiration in the classroom, the school constantly stimulates students' interest points, helps students overcome technical difficulties, and truly enhances the spirit of innovation through active thinking and inquiry. And practical ability.
Zhao Chunmei said: "Practice gives children not just a method or a kind of knowledge, but to let them know that the knowledge they are now exposed to is only a small part of the world. As long as you observe carefully, discover with patience, and explore bravely, You will have the ability to discover a bigger and more beautiful colorful world." (End)