一本展现你情绪的“爆炸书”！
为与六年级学生共同创作这本“爆炸书”，我们首先反思了自身的情绪，自问：是否可能用图形来“表现”一种情绪？在康定斯基、波洛克、克利等艺术家作品的启发下，结合阅读以情绪为主题的绘本，我们最终得出结论：每个人都能学会用语言，也能通过艺术来表达自己的情绪。
创作这本书时，我们首先选定一种特定的情绪，专注于自己对此情绪的感受，以及它所唤起的感官体验、色彩与意象。我们在一张24×33厘米的素描纸背面画出一个由12个8×8厘米方格组成的网格。翻转纸张后，我们开始自由作画，始终围绕所选情绪展开构思——尤其聚焦于那些最能唤起该情绪的色彩。
除主绘图纸外，我们还准备了3张A4尺寸的复印纸，并将其裁剪为18×18厘米的正方形：这些纸张将在后续步骤中用于装订成书。
本次表现采用综合材料技法：首先用油画棒勾勒线条与形状，以唤起所选情绪；接着使用水彩，利用不同材质表面吸水性的差异，营造丰富多变的视觉效果；最后添加拼贴元素，包括剪下的图形、图像，甚至富有表现力的文字。
本项任务要求填满整张纸面，不得留白、不得空出边框。下方展示的是绘画过程成果：
完成综合材料绘画后，我们依照以下视频教程制作“折纸式”爆炸书——教程细致讲解了纸张折叠方法及三张纸页的粘贴步骤：
下一步是制作纸质小册子：先按背面所画网格，将情绪绘画裁成若干小块；再将这些碎片随机粘贴到册子的各“页”上。注意需沿对角线裁开6个正方形，以便册子顺利折叠展开。
我们继续参照视频教程，用两张10×10厘米的硬卡纸制作封面，并以杂志页面裱糊表面；再将一根丝带粘贴于其中一张卡纸上，用蝴蝶结方式闭合册子。每幅原画均预留一小块正方形，所有剩余小方块统一粘贴至班级情绪主题海报上。最后，每位学生使用iPad上的CapCut应用程序拍摄一段简短视频，教师再将全部片段剪辑合成一条完整视频——即本文开头所呈现的成片。
An “explosion book” to show your emotion!
To create this “EXPLOSION BOOK” with the 6th grade students we reflected on our emotions asking ourselves if it is possible to REPRESENT an emotion graphically. With the help of some artists such as Kandinskij, Pollock, Klee and by reading illustrated books on the theme of emotions we concluded that each of us can learn to express our emotions, verbally and also through art.
To create this book, first of all we thought of a specific emotion, focusing on what we feel, on the sensations, colors and images that this feeling evokes in us. On the back of a 24x33cm drawing sheet we drew a grid with 12 squares measuring 8x8cm. After turning the sheet over we began to draw freely, thinking about the emotion we wanted to represent. We focused above all on the COLORS that we think best evoke the chosen emotion.
In addition to the sheet for the main drawing, we prepared 3 photocopy sheets (size A4) cut into a square format of 18x18cm: these will be used later to assemble the book.
For this representation we used a MIXED TECHNIQUE, starting to draw with OIL PASTELS lines and shapes that want to evoke our emotion. After the pastels we used WATERCOLOURS, taking advantage of the differences in absorption of the various surfaces to create different effects. Subsequently we added parts to COLLAGE, with shapes, images or even evocative words.
The task involves FILL THE WHOLE SHEET with shapes and colors, without leaving any borders or white spaces. Below we see the drawing work:
After creating the mixed media drawing, we built the “origami” explosive book following the instructions in this video tutorial, where it is explained very carefully how to fold the paper and how to glue the three sheets together:
The next step was to prepare our paper booklets: first we cut out the drawing of the emotions following the grid drawn on the back and then we glued the pieces in random order on the “pages” of the booklet. You need to cut 6 squares along the diagonal, to allow for easy folding of the booklet.
Always following the instructions of the video tutorial we also created a “cover” with two squared cards (10x10cm) lined with magazine pages. A ribbon was glued to one of the cards to close the booklet with a bow. From each drawing a small square was left, all the leftover squares were glued on the poster of our emotions. To finish the work each student created a small video with the CapCut App on iPad, and then the various clips were joined into a single video that you can see at the beginning of this post.
