Arranging the glass

Nearly 70 colorful glass pieces for our school wide art piece have been created by parents, children, and teachers. Invited to arrange the tiny glass bits on a larger piece of glass, many of the children have responded, "What does arrange mean?" So often we ask children to create by gluing things together. But arranging items into a beautiful composition was a new task for some. The focus was not on gluing items together, but on simply arranging them until they looked just right to the artist. With plates full of tiny colored pieces of glass, this was an intriguing challenge. Some children seemed to have a plan in mind. Others arranged and rearranged and rearranged before declaring they were done.

We'll continue the arranging process over the next week or so. If you'd like to participate, let us know. We'd love for you to contribute.

More photos of the glass art process.