Tuesday, April 19: ZOOM Meeting at 10 a.m. Work day and check in from home
Tuesday, April 27: Last day of class + Critique
Tuesday, April 19: ZOOM Meeting at 10 a.m. Work day and check in from home
Tuesday, April 27: Last day of class + Critique
This project challenges the following course outcomes:
Assignment guidelines:
Wild About Wire + Textiles
Possible Forms:
Possible Materials:
Artists to research:
Alexander Calder
Janet Echelman – check out her TED Talk here : “Taking Imagination Seriously”
Specifically on Instagram:
Toshiko MacAdam and here
Courtney Mattison @courtneycoral
Kelly Sheppard Murray @kellysheppardmurray_art
Amy Gross – local Palm Beach artist
Some of the artists in this exhibit are:
Student examples:
See above for former student examples
This project challenges the following course outcomes:
Assignment guidelines:
Using paper only, build, add, subtract and construct a form. This form should be representational and small in scale. Minimum 3″ all around, maximum 12″ all around.
Paper only – cardstock, drawing paper, newsprint, watercolor paper, paper of any kind.
Make an edition of 10
Principles of Design to consider:
Unity and Variety; Scale and Proportion and Repetition and Rhythm
Visual Elements to consider:
Shape, Form, Texture, Color
Artists to Look at:
https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/paper-sculpture
Watch this video on “the Ice Book” one of the most stunning paper works I have ever seen by Kristin and Davy McGuire.
This project challenges the following course outcomes:
Assignment guidelines:
Using a small enclosure (box, shadowbox frame, wine crate, wood box, found object such as a suitcase, book, etc build a narrative, Explore concepts of storytelling such as wonder, surrealism, identity, fantasy.
Any and all materials welcomed! Draw on photographs, paint on objects, clay, anything.
Approx size: minimum: 12″ x 12″ x 2″ maximum: 24″ x 24″ x 12″
Questions to answer:
How do artists use objects tell stories? Can yours tell a story without using words?
What is your visual vocabulary?
What is an assemblage?
Some sites to look at for inspiration:
The Object Ethnography Project –
Significant Objects
Artists to Look at for Inspiration
Joseph Cornell is the big influence from Art History – but you could look at others too such as :
Another video on the magic of Joseph Cornell
See this link for two great videos on the power of Cornell’s magic
History of Cabinet’s of Curiosity or Wunderkammer
Robert Rauschenburg – coined the term “combine”
Marcel Duchamp and his “Readymades”
Assignment:
On your assigned date – you will give a 10-15 minute powerpoint presentation to the class on a 3D artist from the below list.
Please design a PowerPoint presentation of 10-20 images of their work, aesthetic and methods. One brief slide on the artists background is enough – focus on their work, methods, materials, style, etc.
Please cite each image with the following information: “Title” Medium. Date. Size
Please put one slide at the end to cite where you got the information.
You may include one 5-10 min video in your presentation.
Artist Selections:
Nature/Installation
Fabric/ Paper
Pop / Contemporary
Contemporary – based on traditional
Large Scale or Small Scale
Minimalism
Contemporary /Mixed Materials
For project 1: Cardboard Creations, we are focusing on the following :
Principles of Design to consider:
Unity and Variety; Scale and Proportion and Repetition and Rhythm
Visual Elements to consider:
Shape, Form, Texture
What can you DO with just one material? How many different forms of texture can you bring about?
3D artists to look at :
Unity and Variety : Annette Messager, Louise Nevelson, Tara Donovan
SHAPE: Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder
TEXTURE: Anselm Kiefer, Alberto Giacometti
This is amazing – life sized cardboard figures
Phenomenal installation art with cardboard
Louise Nevelson
Materials to bring to class:
Artist lecture on Louise Nevelson and Tara Donovan as well as Principles of Design
Time to get started on this project!
Also discussion: 3D Artist Presentation dates
Next week, Jan.25: Work from home studio day
Read this article on his work as well.
What can we make today in a short amount of time? Can we just play? Start building something great? It’s up to you.
This project challenges the following course outcomes:
Assignment guidelines:
Using cardboard only, build, add, subtract and construct a form. This form can be non-representational, representational or abstract. It must have minimum dimensions of 3′ x 2′ x 6″. Can be larger.
Principles of Design to consider:
Unity and Variety; Scale and Proportion and Repetition and Rhythm
Visual Elements to consider:
Shape, Form, Texture
We will not be adding color to this project as we will explore color specifically in other projects.
What can you DO with only the original color of the cardboard?
See this article on the power of the Monochromatic work of Louise Nevelson
Tara Donovan is also a huge inspiration of this assignment. Check out her work below and here