Pre-Field Trip VisitVisual ArtsGrade 9 - 12

By Karla Respress, Art TeacherAvon Park High School, Avon Park, FL

What is a Wayside Shrine?• A wayside shrine, is often a

religious item, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway.

• They often commemorate a specific incident near the place (either a death in an accident or an escape from harm) – but others mark an important object along the road or pathway.

Wayside shrine. (2010, August 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wayside_shrine&oldid=378066840

Bildstock in Sankt Georgen am Längsee photograph by Peter Binter

Wayside shrines are often found in Europe, like this

one in Germany.

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In the US, wayside

shrines are usually

more temporary .

The History of Rubbing• Rubbing is one of the oldest

forms of printmaking.• Before the camera was

invented, Japanese fishermen would make rubbings of the fish they caught in order to record they type and size of the fish.

• Today fishermen continue the centuries-old practice of using rubbings, but now it has evolved into an art form.

• This type of rubbing is called Gyotaku. Gyotaku combines two Japanese words, "gyo," meaning fish, and "taku," meaning rubbing.

(2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/511857/rubbing

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Click HereTo view more of this artist’s work

How Artists Use Rubbings

Max Ernest , German Painter1891-1976

Dada and SurrealistMovement

http://www.suite101.com/content/surrealist-painter-max-ernst-a32276#ixzz1CfScwV3Y

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•To help his flow of imagery from his unconscious mind, Ernst used frottage (the French word for rubbings).

•He said he was inspired by grain in planks of wooden flooring; the patterns in the grain suggested strange images to him.

•He captured these by laying sheets of paper on the floor and then rubbing over them with a soft pencil.

Ernest, Max. 1925. Frottage. La mer et la pluie (The Sea and Rain) from Histoire Naturelle. Museum of Modern Art , NY.

Click Here to learn more about Max Ernest

• Rubbings are made by:– carefully pressing paper

onto the textured surface – Rubbing a medium (like a

crayon or charcoal stick) over the paper

• A carefully made rubbing provides an accurate, full-scale facsimile of the surface reproduced.

• The textured surface of the shrine boxes are woodcuts made by artist and MOFAC Curator, Mollie Doctrow.

• The end product, therefore, cannot be considered an original print but rather an accurate record Doctrow’s woodcut.(2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/511857/rubbing

(Place an image of one of the

wildflower rubbings here).

How to Make a Wayside Shrine Rubbing

Click HereTo watch a video on how woodcuts

are made (and printed)!

Look for These Wildflowers Along the Trail

Pygmy Fringe TreeChionanthus pygmaeusEndangered

http://www.scrubjaytrail.org/about/images/hunt_louise/flora_hunt/pygmy_fringe_tree01_250x310.jpg

http://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Chionanthus_pygmaeus.pdf

Look for These Wildflowers Along the Trail

http://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Hypericum_cumulicola.pdf

Scrub St. John’s WortHypericum CuneifoliumEndangered

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Look for These Wildflowers Along the Trail

Sky-Blue LupineLupinus Diffuses

http://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Lupinus_aridorum.pdf http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UCBFruJeOuA/S-TUyz3KW-/AAAAAAAAA0A/tt4Yg95iZwU/s400/IMG_7151.JPG

Field Trip Procedures

You may…• Photograph the

flowers• Wear closed toed

shoes, hats, sunglasses

• Bring water

You may not…• Touch or pick the

flowers• Wear any other

inappropriate school attire

• Leave the trail path

Remember, you represent your school and teacher!

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