Middle School Art - Smith

Please watch the video link provided on artist Klaus Kemp.  The Diatomist.  Answer the following questions and email your answers to Mrs. Smith @ jsmith@bcsstudent.org please.

1. What is a diatom?

2. What is a diatomist?

3. What is the name of the artist that we are observing in the video?

4. What inspires this artist's works?

5. Where does he find his subject matter?

6. What kind of art (what period) is his art referred as?

7. How long did the artist research to find the perfect glue for his compositions?

8.  What do his arrangements remind you of when you look at them?

9.  What tools do you see the artist using to create these masterpieces?

10. These beautiful and complex cells are indicative of a thoughtful creator and point to his purposeful creation. You are made up of these same beautiful kinds of cells. How does it make you feel when you see complexities like these knowing that they are not random?  Knowing that these little cells are hard at work serving a purpose that no one may ever know?   Are you surprised that someone has made this an art career?