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ART 208.01 Introduction to Sculpture

PROJECT THREE: Convergence

 

Final Design Phase (20% of project grade)

 

 

Part 1. Review Writing: No less than 4 typed pages. This is an exercise to be done before you revise not afterwardsÉ Do it while actually looking at your initial drawings and models! See an online review writing sample 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       The gesture or pose of the body part

á       The specific way the two identities physically converge

á       The descriptive features of each identity

ii.      Consider how adding or modifying form qualities might further the meaning and effectiveness of your convergence. 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.
Revisions: Review your various speculations from above and list five specific ways you envision physically altering your design to better achieve your expressive goals.

 

Part 2. More Drawing: Create 5 pages of drawings/collages that visualizes the specific revisions brought up in your writing.

 

Part 3. Create a final model and a material sample

Create a final model paying particular attention to the overall configuration of your artwork (something that will tell you how to form an armature). As always É DONÕT short shrift the modeling process! It is key to creating quality sculptures.

Create a fabrication sample as a way to figure out the specific way you will use materials to create desired forms (surface, color, textures, etc.) Model and material sample can be done together or separate. The best approach depends on your design.