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A few years ago I discovered the work of artist Fleur Isbell. I wanted to teach a lesson inspired by her work, but the timing never worked out. Until this year! Fleur Isbell is a contemporary designer who recently did a series of work inspired by global weather patterns. She uses technology to generate images using coded data about weather conditions in places all over the world. The images take their color and shape from information about that location's typical temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed and direction, as well as the longitude and latitude of the location. Here are some of her images: She created an app based on this work, and the user can manipulate the way the data is generated to change the image. Its very complicated to explain, so here's where you can go to try it for yourself! As you can see if you open the site, you can type in any location and generate an image based on data about that location's weather. By sliding the circles under each category, you can increase or decrease the effect of that data and create many different images! For this lesson, I wanted students to experience how traditional art and technology can come together. They used their iPads to create digital images using the Global Pattern Generator app, and then used that image as the basis for a painting. Through making the painting, they had to observe closely to accurately replicate the shape and proportion of each color, as well as practice mixing and blending colors to create the correct hue. (I promise, we were careful with the iPads near the paint!!) Overall this lesson was a success and a lot of fun, but I am going to make some tweaks if we repeat it with next year's fourth graders! I think there are a lot more opportunities for learning with this project. Here are a few of my kids' paintings along with the digital image that inspired each. Look closely to see the location each student chose- there is quite a variety! Here are a couple of links to better information about Fleur Isbell and her work- these articles do a much better job explaining the science and technology that her work involves. Colors That Connect the World Graphic Design: Rising Star Fleur Isbell
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