Monday, April 30, 2012
Tool Collection, Project Guidelines
Choose “make a mark” or “make a sound”. Design and construct a collection of
tools that accomplish these tasks.
Your collection should include five (5) tools.
Materials: your choice
No size limit. Tools can be all the same size or various sizes.
Consider: Will you design rudimentary tools? Or will the tools appear contemporary? Or perhaps another word to use is futuristic? A mixture? Who will be using your tools? Adults, children, a person with a disability? Or maybe you are designing for giants or lilliputians? Again, can be a mixture.
Listen and Respond:
Below are two links to This American Life. Select one to write a response to. Post your response on your blog.
441: When Patents Attack! Link here.
399: Contents Unknown. Link here.
A drawing will accompany the final solution. Size and medium your choice. Also, what you choose to draw is your choice. The entire form? Detail(s)? An aerial perspective? Color? Or not? The drawing should demonstrate time and effort. The drawing is due the last week of class.
Here is a list of what needs to appear on your blog for this assignment:
-Response to article "Assemblage'.
-At least three influences/ideas that you thought about/looked at/read/listened to while formulating your ideas for this project.
-Any in process pictures, scans of sketches and/or notes.
-Professional images of the final solution. Take a group shot - the entire collection. Then photograph each piece alone.
-An image of your drawing.
-A written statement about your final solution. The statement should be reflective and discuss your thought process and your intentions.
-A written response to one of the stories (listed above) from This American Life.
Materials: your choice
No size limit. Tools can be all the same size or various sizes.
Consider: Will you design rudimentary tools? Or will the tools appear contemporary? Or perhaps another word to use is futuristic? A mixture? Who will be using your tools? Adults, children, a person with a disability? Or maybe you are designing for giants or lilliputians? Again, can be a mixture.
Listen and Respond:
Below are two links to This American Life. Select one to write a response to. Post your response on your blog.
441: When Patents Attack! Link here.
399: Contents Unknown. Link here.
A drawing will accompany the final solution. Size and medium your choice. Also, what you choose to draw is your choice. The entire form? Detail(s)? An aerial perspective? Color? Or not? The drawing should demonstrate time and effort. The drawing is due the last week of class.
Here is a list of what needs to appear on your blog for this assignment:
-Response to article "Assemblage'.
-At least three influences/ideas that you thought about/looked at/read/listened to while formulating your ideas for this project.
-Any in process pictures, scans of sketches and/or notes.
-Professional images of the final solution. Take a group shot - the entire collection. Then photograph each piece alone.
-An image of your drawing.
-A written statement about your final solution. The statement should be reflective and discuss your thought process and your intentions.
-A written response to one of the stories (listed above) from This American Life.
Peephole Sculpture Project Guidelines
This piece is inspired by your favorite novel, poem or song lyrics. Create a situation that requires the viewer to view your interpretation of a narrative through a peephole. You may have more than one peephole.
Materials: Peephole(s), other materials are your choice.
No size limit. Can be free standing or an installation.
Read "The Veldt" a short story by Ray Bradbury. PDF link here. Write a response and post on your blog.
A drawing will accompany the final solution. Size and medium your choice. Also, what you choose to draw is your choice. The entire form? Detail(s)? An aerial perspective? Color? Or not? The drawing should demonstrate time and effort. The drawing is due the last week of class.
What to put on your blog:
-Written response to "The Veldt".
-At least three influences/ideas that you thought about/looked at/read/listened to while formulating your ideas for this project.
Read "The Veldt" a short story by Ray Bradbury. PDF link here. Write a response and post on your blog.
A drawing will accompany the final solution. Size and medium your choice. Also, what you choose to draw is your choice. The entire form? Detail(s)? An aerial perspective? Color? Or not? The drawing should demonstrate time and effort. The drawing is due the last week of class.
What to put on your blog:
-Written response to "The Veldt".
-At least three influences/ideas that you thought about/looked at/read/listened to while formulating your ideas for this project.
-Any in process pictures, scans of sketches and/or notes.
-Professional images of the final solution. Need at least three images for 3D work. In addition, detail images are also helpful.
-An image of the drawing.
-A statement that discusses your final solution. Statement should explain your visual interpretation of the novel, poem or lyrics that inspired you. -An image of the drawing.
Summer 2012 Projects
Deconstruct Project Guidelines
Use three to five found objects. For each object, deconstruct it from it’s original form. Use these deconstructed parts to create your final solution. The degree to which you deconstruct an object is your choice. Here is the catch – you have to use all parts of the original form. And, final solution should be meaningful and materials significant - so carefully choose your found objects.
Use three to five found objects. For each object, deconstruct it from it’s original form. Use these deconstructed parts to create your final solution. The degree to which you deconstruct an object is your choice. Here is the catch – you have to use all parts of the original form. And, final solution should be meaningful and materials significant - so carefully choose your found objects.
Materials: found objects of your choice and whatever
adhesives/methods of attachment are needed. No size limit.
This assignment is based off the ideas encompassed in Assemblage art. Assemablage is the use of found or every day objects in visual art. The roots of assemblage can be traced back to early twentieith-century European collage. What items are used and how they are display/incorporated is significant to the visual language of assemblage art. To begin this assignment, check out the artists I posted on this blog, under the "Assemblage Deconstruct Visual Research" category.
Read the article entitled "Assemblage", link below. Create a vocab list for the aricle and write a response. Post vocab and response on your blog.
Assemblage, Zwirner and Wirth, link here.
For further reading:
This brief statement regarding the history of assemblage, from MOMA. Link here.
A drawing will accompany the final solution. Size and medium your choice. Also, what you choose to draw is your choice. The entire form? Detail(s)? An aerial perspective? Color? Or not? The drawing should demonstrate time and effort. The drawing is due the last week of classes.
Here is a list of what needs to appear on your blog for this assignment:
-Vocab for article "Assemblage".
-Response to article "Assemblage'.
-At least three influences/ideas that you thought about/looked at/read/listened to while formulating your ideas for this project.
-Any in process pictures, scans of sketches and/or notes.
-Professional images of the final solution. Need at least three images for 3D work. In addition, detail images are also helpful.
-An image of your drawing.
-A written statement about your final solution. The statement should explain how and why you chose your objects and what decisions you made when deconstructing and assembling.
This assignment is based off the ideas encompassed in Assemblage art. Assemablage is the use of found or every day objects in visual art. The roots of assemblage can be traced back to early twentieith-century European collage. What items are used and how they are display/incorporated is significant to the visual language of assemblage art. To begin this assignment, check out the artists I posted on this blog, under the "Assemblage Deconstruct Visual Research" category.
Read the article entitled "Assemblage", link below. Create a vocab list for the aricle and write a response. Post vocab and response on your blog.
Assemblage, Zwirner and Wirth, link here.
For further reading:
This brief statement regarding the history of assemblage, from MOMA. Link here.
A drawing will accompany the final solution. Size and medium your choice. Also, what you choose to draw is your choice. The entire form? Detail(s)? An aerial perspective? Color? Or not? The drawing should demonstrate time and effort. The drawing is due the last week of classes.
Here is a list of what needs to appear on your blog for this assignment:
-Vocab for article "Assemblage".
-Response to article "Assemblage'.
-At least three influences/ideas that you thought about/looked at/read/listened to while formulating your ideas for this project.
-Any in process pictures, scans of sketches and/or notes.
-Professional images of the final solution. Need at least three images for 3D work. In addition, detail images are also helpful.
-An image of your drawing.
-A written statement about your final solution. The statement should explain how and why you chose your objects and what decisions you made when deconstructing and assembling.
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| Ed Kienholz, The Widow, 1959 |
Plaster, Phase 1 and Phase 2, Assignment Guidelines
Phase 1:
-Experiment with making solid forms, sanding, adding color and
including found objects.
-Make a lot of plaster sculptures.
-No size restrictions.
Materials: Plaster, sander block, dust mask, found objects
and/or materials.
Phase 2
-Select at least 5 plaster pieces to be part of a
larger sculpture.
-Idea for larger
sculpture is your choice. However, in
class we will discuss everyone’s plaster pieces so as to offer each of you possible
ideas.
-Keep in mind, “larger”does
not necessarily mean scale, - it also implies concept.
-No limits on scale – only that you will be
adding other/more components/materials to the already completed plaster
pieces.
-These additional materials/processes are
your choice, as such decisions will influence/determine your intent for the visual
work.
-Phase 2 may include representational imagery.
-Phase 2 may include representational imagery.
What to put on your blog:
-At least 3 professional images of Phase 1.
-At least 3 professional images of Phase 2.
-A statement about the work upon completion of Phase 1.
-A statement about the work upon completion of Phase 2.
Note - The statement should be reflective and demonstrate your ability to observe the formal qualities of your work while discussing your thoughts about content and meaning.
-Research (can be imagery and/or audio and/or text). At least 3 forms of research for Phase 2.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Student Work, Elise Kaufmann, Spring 2010
For more of Elise's work, and to see larger images, go to her blog, eliesespieces.wordpress.com. Link here.
Plaster and string. Installed in a room that measures approx. 12' x 15' x 15'.
Ceramic and hoisery.
Hosiery, balloons, water. Installed on the ceiling.
Plaster and string. Installed in a room that measures approx. 12' x 15' x 15'.
Ceramic and hoisery.
Hosiery, balloons, water. Installed on the ceiling.
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