Assignment #8: Natural Materials and Wood

Due date 12/14

Create a floor or pedestal sculpture combining natural materials (similar to what you used for assignment #7) with dimensional lumber. You will have to collect many ofthe same type of natural items for this project and figure out how to combine them with the dimensional lumber. 

Material suggestions: Palm fronds, driftwood, branches, twigs, etc.

Words to consider: contain, gather, strain, spill, arrange, frame etc.

The Sculpture must be three-dimensional and stand and support itself and be at least 4’ in one direction.

SCHEDULE:

January 11      Completed three dimensional maquette due.

                                                - use balsa wood or cardboard and natural materials.

                                      -demos on wood tools in shop

January 18     Work in class on lumber elements

January 25                  -no class –Portfolio Day

                                    -RIT faculty workshop.           

February 1     Work in class on lumber elements

February 8     Final crits


Assignment #7: Natural Materials Exploration

NWSA: Art 3-D Comprehensive

Fall 2018 /Friday 1:10pm - 3:45pm / Room 5102

Instructors: Hans Evers & Lauren Shapiro

Assignment #7: Natural Materials Exploration

Due date 12/14

Create a floor or wall sculpture using exclusively materials that occur naturally. You will have to collect many ofthe same type of item for this project and figure out how to join those items together to make a sculpture- without using hot glue, screws, or artificial materials. 

Material suggestions: Palm fronds, driftwood, long grasses, tree pods, anything interesting that you can access a lot of.  Possible solutions for joining: Weaving, braiding, sewing, tying, bending, piercing, joining, stacking or whatever technique you come up with to make an object out of separate natural materials.

The Sculpture must be three-dimensional and stand and support itself on the floor or must project from the wall.At home and during the in-class workday you will try different techniques of arranging or joining your objects together to make one unified form.

Size Requirement:The sculpture must be 3 feet long in at least one dimension.

November 26                            2 fully developed sketchbook drawings due to instructors via reminds

                                                      Must indicate how you intend to construct the piece

November 30                            bring sketches and work in progress and materials           to class

                                                      Work in class on fabrication                                    

December 7                                no class –At Basel                    

                                                      photos due of work in progress 

December 14                             final crits

December 21                             wood working tool demos and intro of next assignment

Artists to research:

Spencer Byles , Nils-Udo, Sally J. Smith , Martin Hill , Doris Salcedo, Andy Goldsworthy, David Nash

#6 Inflatable Sculpture

Project #6 GIANT INFLATABLE Sculpture

Create an full-size inflatable form. Your sculpture can be a representation of a single creature/object, or an imagined combination of 2 or more creatures/objects. In addition to basic craft/fabrication skills, the conceptual idea we will be focusing on is:

1.How volume and mass can be impermanent or temporary.

2.How volume and mass can be made up of something that is not solid.

3. How abstraction can be applied to form as both simplification and description.

Choose a a form to create that has multiple extremities and features. ( legs,tails, antlers,ears,) Imagine the slow transformation of deflated nonsense into a recognizable animal form. Where is a good spot to vent in air ?( legs/ tail?)

Projects will be constructed in and out of class with the project 

Project requirements

1.Minimum size 6 feet long 

2.Design and construction are well-planned

3.Recognizable form or animal ( when inflated)

4. Made of plastic ( recycled)

Considerations:

What will the scale be? full size? Research and find out exactly how big your animal is .... What are your material choices? do they say anything about the animals behavior? are they ironic? what colors? How do the extremities connect to the body?  Can you embellish the surface? Draw on details/ patterns/ markings? Does the sculpture have to be airtight? Does the method of connecting seems have an aesthetic appeal?

11/2-  Presentation and discussion (before soft sculpture crit).

Homework: sketch ideas and gather materials.

11/9-  MATERIAL DISCUSSION/ WORK DAY ( preceded by the soft sculpture critique) : plastic bags/ garbage bags/ plastic sheets etc. ( recycled materials) clear packing tape ( you will need at least 3 rolls) supplies to embellish and mark the out side? Sketches made of how to make animal, supplies to work on inflatable animal. 

GRADE ASSIGNED FOR COMPLETING THE CONNECTION CUPPLING THAT CONNECTS YOUR SCULPTURE TO THE FAN.

11/16- Critique day. PROJECTS DUE!

RUBRIC FOR GRADE:

1.Consistency of finish.

2.balancing levels of detail and abstraction.

3.the ability to hold air / the ability to hold form.

Alan Parkinson

Andreas Zybach

Cao Fei

Chad Person

Choi Jeong Hwa

David Byrne

Jeff Koons

Jeremy Deller

Michael Rakowitz

Patricia Piccinini

Pawel Athamer

Assignment # 5

Soft Sculpture

Project Description

Like Claes Oldenberg, build an oversized soft version of an everyday object that is normally hard.

In addition to basic craft/fabrication skills, the conceptual idea we will be focusing on is:

How shifts in scale and material can transform an object and our relationship to it.

Choose an object to recreate that has interesting overall shape, details to emphasize , and lots of facets/contours. Choose an object that will present an interesting transformation when you shift the scale and material. Objects that work best tend to be hard (metal, plastic, wood), machine-made, and hand-sized.

NO TOYS, DOLLS, OR ANIMALS

Project requirements

Minimum size 3'x3'x3' ( thats 3 feet by 3 feet by 3 feet! )

No glue!  Sewn together.

Design and construction well-planned

Considerations

What are your material choices? (textures, patterns, prints, color, flexibility, etc)

How will it be filled/stuffed? (packing peanuts, feathers, fluff, etc)

How will you deal with surface details?  (You can finish the sculpture however you want, by adding things to the surface, using different materials, buttons, painting, etc.)

Schedule

10/5 Project Assigned, begin sketches and brainstorm over the weekend

Homework: Design and create patterns from paper. Collect fabric, needles and materials for sewing. Come to class prepared to work!

10/12 In class work day. COME TO CLASS PREPARED!

10/19 In class work day. COME TO CLASS PREPARED!

10/26 Teacher Planning Day. Send progress photo via reminds to teacher!

11/2 FINAL CRITIQUE!

Artists to look at:
Claes Oldenberg
Katie Stout
Yayoi Kusama

Online Resources:

Sewing Techniques

What is a Pattern for sewing?

How to make a pattern for sewing

Assignment #4

Multiples and Casting and Molds

Due date 10/5

Casting is a process in which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold (a vessel), which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process.

Create 1 or 2 different molds from which to cast 3 or more sculptural elements. Your molds can be made from cardboard, foam core, paper, wood, fabric, plastic or similar materials. You can use any method to put them together or unite them. Pieces must reach at least 12” in height or length.

Your final castings must be made using plaster. You can combine your castings together or with other materials to create a whole sculpture and to make the piece(s) stand. Your piece(s) must stand on a pedestal or on the floor -they cannot hang, lean or be attached to the wall.

You must MAKE your molds, they can not be found’ or ‘ready made’ Your castings must be abstract forms -they can not be figurative!

Your final sculpture will be evaluated based on quality of castings and craftsmanship, overall sculptural effectiveness of the piece, ambition and personal voice.

9/14                 Introduction of assignment

                        demos by teachers

                        Brainstorming, cutting patterns

Homework for 9/21:

Create molds from cardboard (etc) to bring into class for casting. Create your sketches of the desired outcome.

9/21                 Bring your molds from home to begin casting in plaster, work in class

9/28                 Bring work in progress

                        work on molds

                        and/or make castings from mold(s)

10/5                 Final Critiques

   

    

  

   

Assignments #3

NWSA: Art 3-D Comprehensive   

Fall 2018/Section 1/Friday/1:10pm - 3:45pm Room 5102

Instructors: Hans Evers & Lauren Shapiro

Third assignment (draft)                          due date 9/14/2018                       (2 weeks)

Multiple cardboard & found objects: telling your story!

Create a series of related objects made from cardboard and fabric (minimum 3), which together tell a story about you, your family, your neighborhood, or your feelings about today. The fabric can not be glued to the cardboard, but must be sewn, woven, tied etc. 

You must incorporate other 2D and/or 3D elements in or with the objects. These can be original (or Xeroxed) photos, art pieces, magazine clippings, found objects, projections, sound elements etc.. No single element can be larger than 10”. Your choice of materials, construction methods, finish, selection of found elements, and final arrangement should be consistent with the overall meaning and expression of the piece.

9/7     Bring materials, sketches & work in progress to class to work on with your teachers.

9/14   Final critique