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ART 208.01 Introduction to Sculpture PROJECT ONE: Translating
the Body Final Design Phase (20% of project grade) Part 1. Review Writing: No less than 1200
words. This is an exercise to be done before you revise not afterwardsÉ Do it while actually looking at
your initial drawings and models! Read two online review writing samples (review
writing example #1 and review
writing example #2) to help you understand how to best approach this
review writing. Email the writing as an attached MS word doc titled yourlastname_ proj1review.docx) A. Summarize your expressive goals for
your sculpture. B. Review your selected initial model and explore design revision options
Copy, paste all the prompts below (the digital version can be
found on Bb) and answer them as specifically as possible. i. Consider
how adding or modifying narrative elements might further the meaning
of your sculpture. Speculate and give at least one example of an addition or change
for each of the following: á
Body gesture/ pose á
Story telling elements (interaction with objects and or other
figures, creating a particular context/environment etc.) á
Symbolic elements (colors, signs, symbols etc.) ii. Consider
how adding or modifying form qualities might further the meaning of
your sculpture. Speculate and give at least one example of an addition or
change for each of the following form categories: á
relative
scale of parts and or the overall
size of the sculpture á
type of
shapes and or contrasts of shapes
(rounded, angular, predictable, funny, etc.) á
type
of composition (dense, open, chaotic, organized, symmetrical, flowing/graceful,
awkward etc.) á
construction
(types of joinery, attitude of construction, process of making) á
materials (the associations
certain materials have, the visceral experience of certain materials) á
surface
treatments (color, drawing, textures) á
relationship
to gravity/space including the way it relates to its base, has no base etc.
(balanced/ off balance, firmly rooted/ suspended, heavy/ light etc.) C. Summarize: Expressive Goals:
state 5 basic adjectives that describe the overall mood/feeling you want your
sculpture to have. Part 2.
More Drawing: Make no less than 5 pages
of drawings/collages that visualize the specific revisions brought up in your
writing (for instance, if you said that you want your composition to be more graceful, I expect to see
multiple sketches that explore variations of graceful compositions.) The goal
of these drawings is to visually reconsider specific options within a design.
DonÕt get stuck on your initial design model, draw and redraw compositional
variations, the specific outline of a shape, the sizes of these shapes. Do
not complete these drawings in #2 pencil only. á
Photograph and print
an image of your initial model and then trace, draw on top of and or
collaging with that photo. á
Collage with cut
shapes of paper á
Use color as desired Part 3. Create a final model: This
final model should be MORE than a rough sketch. You should push your design
until you come up with really great stuff! Be as specific and complete as
possible. This is the model from which you will construct your sculpture so
use it to figure out structure, detailing etc. DonÕt fool yourself into
thinking that youÕll figure unresolved aspects later on. Please do not
repurpose your initial model. |