Natural Material Exploration (crit March 19)

Documentary on the man-made floating islands of Lake Titicaca, Peru, which we talked about during the critique.

For this project you will work exclusively with materials that occur naturally. You will have to collect AT LEAST 100 of the same type of item for this project and figure out how to join those items together to make an interesting object. Material suggestions: Palm fronds, driftwood, long grasses, tree pods, anything interesting that you can access a lot of. Try weaving, braiding, sewing, tying, bending or whatever technique you come up with to make an object out of the separate materials. At home and during the in-class work day you will try different techniques of arranging or joining your objects together to make one unified form. SIZE The sculpture must be 3 feet long in at least one dimension.

Schedule:
Due March 5 Learn about the sculptor Andy Goldsworthy before class. We will watch the movie Rivers and Tides, about his sculptures, in class.
March 12 In class work day, come prepared with all of your materials, sketches, and experiments you've already done.
March 19 Critique

Inspiration for the project: Andy Goldsworthy