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ART 208.01 Introduction to Sculpture Project SELF-ASSESSMENT Answer
the following as a way to learn from the strengths and weaknesses of your final
artwork and creative process. To truly gain from this sort of assessment it
is important to be as specific as possible thus you MUST be looking at the
sculpture as you write this. I have provided two excellent (sample assessment #1 and sample
assessment #2 ) please read both before
you begin. This writing counts as 10% of each
project grade so I urge you to put lots of effort into it. Use the numbered
headings below to organize your assessment. This writing should be a minimum
of 1400 words. The Sculpture: Embed a photo of your final sculpture and É 1. Summarize your expressive goals É Describe the meanings you wanted this artwork
to communicate including both its more direct, apparent meanings and its secondary,
connotative meanings. (one page) 2. Take stock of your accomplishmentÉ Name
the single most successful thing about your sculpture. Explain why it was
successful (describe the specific quality and how it best advanced your
expressive goals.) 3. Reconsider specific decisionsÉ Name
four specific aspects that could
have been handled differently to create a better sculpture. No more than one
of these 4 should focus on construction faults. For each of these four
address the following: á
Identify the
problem and explain why it is a problem in terms of the sculptureÕs
expressive goals. á
Describe what
caused the problem. Be very specific, for instance donÕt just say the motion could have been more fluid,
instead explain what specifically in the sculpture made the motion less
fluid. á
Describe no less
than three specific solutions postulating how each might better suit the
workÕs expressive goal. It will be hard to come up with three, this is my
intention. You might need to go beyond the obvious or what was said in the
class critique. Drawings, drawing on photos, photo collages etc. are welcome! 4. Reconsider basic assumptionsÉ Question
3 above asked you to look at how specific elements might have been handled
differently to create a better sculpture. This question asks you to
reconsider on a more basic level. Describe something about your initial
design (in your final model) that, if you were to pursue this overall idea
again, you might do differently. Describe why youÕd do it differently and
what you might do instead. It could be very broad, in other words, challenge
you basic assumptions. Process Briefly comment on strengths and weaknesses of your working process.
Specifically what might have you done to improve your results? Self- grade If you were the teacher, what grade would you
give for the following: á
effort á
design assignments á
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