The Assignment- Get yourself 3 or 4 of the coffee trays, which are generally available at any place that sells lot of take out coffee. Carefully observe all the parts of the trays, noting the convoluted shapes, bulges, and curves. When you are ready to start, cut your trays apart into the pieces that will be used to make your sculpture and glue it together. As for the piece you make, no particular subject here, so you may make something based on an object, or work more in an abstract design approach. (the above student examples from last semester's class include a flower, a dragon, a mutant duck, and an abstract snowflake) I do ask that you try to push the use of negative spaces in the work, which can include spaces that go all through a part of the work, or interior spaces surrounded by the cardboard.
This is a class portfolio exercise, which is due by the end of the semester, but I suggest you get it done as soon as possible so you aren't worried about making it up at the end of the semester..
