3D Breadth Portfolio A variety of works demonstrating your understanding of three dimensional design (unity/variety, balance, emphasis, contrast, rhythm, repetition, proportion/scale, occupied/unoccupied space, mass, volume, color/light, form, plane, line, texture)
Repeated Paper Modules Fold, curl, twist or crumple paper (magazine pages, printed out photos, maps, book pages, etc.) and create 30-60 of the same form (they can be different sizes). Glue the papers into either a 3D-sculptural form or a relief sculpture on painted cardboard. This piece should emphasize unity/variety and balance.
Styrofoam Cup SculptureUsing only Styrofoam cups (and glue if necessary) create a sculpture emphasizing the negative space (occupied/unoccupied space) and line.
100's of Things Sculpture: Create sculpture using 100's of one object like match sticks, pencils, toothpicks, pennies, feathers, paint swatches etc!
Movement with Repetition Using toothpicks create a sculpture that shows movement and repetition of a design. It must stand freely on its own or be attached to a base!
Radial Balance Collect elements from outside and arrange in a radial design. Photograph this over time.
Reductive Plaster You are to create a non-objective sculpture by carving from a block of plaster creating a subtractive abstract form. Look at the work of Andy Cawthorn & Isamu Noguchi for inspiration and think about the following principles & elements of art... texture, form, balance, and negative space.
Line with wire Using wire, create a figurative sculpture that implies movement, like a fabric garment moving in the wind or moving with the form of a figure.
Chimes Use found materials to create chimes. Found materials such as natural materials (sticks, chicken bones, rocks, gems), metal objects (silverware, bottle caps, lids & tabs, keys, nails, washers, gears), plastics (bottle lids, cut-up bottles, beads), corks, string, wire, baskets, etc. Think about balance, how the piece will hang and sound! Unity and variety should be emphasized.
Hand Built Ceramic Vessel Create a vessel out of clay with any building method; slab, coil, pinch, combining all three or two of the three. You can also throw a piece then add on with coil or slab. Instead of keeping a smooth texture on the outside there should be something done to add texture and interest to the vessel. Read explanations below in each photograph.
Get your vessel to become leather-hard then cover the outside in a black underglaze. Carve away what you want to be white and do not carve the parts you want to remain black. This is called Sgraffito
Create you piece then remove sections creating negative/positive space
Texture! Try carve away with loop tools. You could cover the whole piece or just choose areas.
Surreal SculpturesResearch Surrealism and add notes in your sketchbook. Write down what Surrealism is, when it was popular and who the founding Surrealist artists were. Look up contemporary Surreal artists and sketch out an artwork that you like. Write a reflection on the artwork- why you like it, how would you go about making it, who created it, are there other artworks by this same artist that you like? Next, sketch your own idea for a Surreal Sculpture. Open media.