Mandala of the Sun God
The Mandala Project
Visiting Artist Program - Taos Municipal Schools
5th Grade Class - Mr. Cortez
Ranchos Elementary School
Students  were introduced to this project with a slide show
of the history of mandalas from cultures around the world.

22 students then worked on 3 projects:

Geometric Mandalas
Group Mandala
Individual Mandalas
As a group project,  students divided into teams to create a 36" wooden mandala. 

They painted nearly 200 small balsa wood shapes and 4 large discs with acrylic paints.  Each student then glued their pieces and glass stones onto the discs.

After it was completed,  students voted on the name for this mandala.



Students created their own mandala with only
a circle, a square, and a ruler, then filled in with colored pencils.
Each student designed their own mandala using balsa wood shapes.

First, the cardboard pallettes used for the group mandala were painted as the backgrounds.  The students designed the formation of balsa wood shapes,  painted them with acrylics, and glued them to their backgrounds.
GEOMETRIC MANDALAS
GROUP MANDALA
INDIVIDUAL MANDALAS
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