Pre-Field Trip Visit Visual Arts Grade By Karla Respress, Art Teacher Avon 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. Bildstock in Sankt Georgen am Längsee photograph by Peter BinterSankt Georgen am LängseePeter Binter Wayside shrines are often found in Europe, like this one in Germany. ? 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 Click Here To view more of this artist’s work

How Artists Use Rubbings Max Ernest, German Painter Dada and Surrealist Movement ew6WYESAIeKCGOMBDype26chP7AGKTqWanJD V8HZz 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 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 (Place an image of one of the wildflower rubbings here). How to Make a Wayside Shrine Rubbing Click Here To watch a video on how woodcuts are made (and printed)!

Look for These Wildflowers Along the Trail Pygmy Fringe Tree Chionanthus pygmaeus Endangered

Look for These Wildflowers Along the Trail Scrub St. John’s Wort Hypericum Cuneifolium Endangered

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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! Meeting place:__________________________Meeting time:________________