Visual Culture

Pastry Case Revisited

By Melody Weintraub, posted on Dec 14, 2022

I developed a seventh-grade lesson that focused on Claes Oldenburg’s Pastry Case I and wowed students by bringing in Greely Myatt’s cake slice to double the inspiration. I then told them the story of the cake as we compared it to Pastry Case I. Next, students chose a food item they wished to construct. They researched and printed out an image of the actual food item or used their own photos for reference. This allowed them to infuse more realism into their subject.

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