Pop Art Collage - Group Project

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Pop Art Collage

This project was inspired by collage artist Michael Albert. We cut cereal and snack boxes then reconfigured them onto a piece of cardboard, adhering with glossy acrylic polymer. When the collage was complete we brushed on a layer of polymer which adds some protection, keeps the pieces in place and add a little shine.


Project length: The individual collages take about an hour to an hour and a half, including 5-7 minutes talking about the work of Michael Albert.

Materials:
- Gloss medium acrylic polymer (a plentiful supply is in the community room).
- Cereal or snack boxes. Normal thickness recommended. The large Costco boxes are much thicker and were difficult for the students to cut.

- Paintbrushes. The flat ones seemed to work better.
- Small cups, one for each student with about 2 tablespoons of polymer.
- Thick cardboard to put the collage pieces on. We used a 6x6 in size. A larger cereal box size may have taken too much time and felt overwhelming to some of the students.

We watched a 5 minute video from the artist's website, and I checked out his book, An Artist's America, from the library to show additional examples.