Bamboo stick, branch, drawing paper, paperboard, toilet paper roll, plastic bottle, adhesive tape, plastic stick, paint, hot glue gun, white glue, cutter, cutting mat, paint brush

Using Van’s bamboo sculpture series as a reference, brainstorm themes for your work based on the form of the bamboo.

Refine sketch and improve the model design. 

Paste the cardboard to the Styrofoam board with a hot glue gun.

Cut away the excess Styrofoam with a cutter. 

Draw a plan of a bamboo leaf and cut it out.

Create a pattern on the plan (optional). Then fold the bamboo leaves.

Stick the bamboo leaves together properly and colour them.

Stick all the parts together properly with a hot glue gun.

- Did you encounter any problem during the creative process and the corresponding solutions? 

- What have your learnt from the activity?

Standards for Your Art-making Activity: Trial Model of a Sculpture