Today's Class- We did some little things today, such as filling out the class evaluation forms, but our main new art was beginning the 3D graded project, our last new thing of the semester. We finished a little early, but not early enough to avoid the delays associated with the freight train derailment right by the campus.
How to make this up- Each student received a randomly selected phrase with both a subject and modifying phrase, which will form the subject for the last project, a three dimensional representation of that idea. Each student will create a sculpture that depicts their chosen concept. Below are some examples from previous semesters, including the phrase that inspired each:
Appetite for Distraction
Fallen Merchant
Impasse Changed
Planet Gone Wild
Plowing Through the Nation
Troubled Uprising
Each student picked slips of paper from two hats, one filled with nouns, the other with modifying words or phrases, all the words taken from headlines of book reviews in the New York Times. The randomly created new phrase will form the subject for your piece. You may use any process and materials you want to create the sculpture, including making use of ready made objects, although the sculpture itself should be something you designed and made. The piece may be freestanding, or can be designed to hang on a wall with an open front, as in some examples above. It must be at least 8" in one dimension, but overall can be any size you want.
The first step is to get your phrase. If you missed today's class, you can either wait until next week and draw a possibility yourself from the hats, or you can e-mail me sooner and I will pick two possibilities for you, one of which you must work with. The advantage of having me do it sooner is that you have time to come up with your idea of what you want to do and acquire chosen materials to bring to class next week.
Homework- This final 3D graded project is due December 22, 2017, our final meeting of the semester. On that day you'll present it to the class.
That is also the last day to turn in anything else you may still owe me, such as the last paper if you hadn't done it yet. That same day I will also evaluate the semester portfolios- all the in class exercises you've done all semester. If you've missed no classes, you've at least started all of them, and may have finished all of them. However, if you'd like to verify what I'll be expecting, here's the complete list and where you'll find them on this blog:
9/15/17- Contour Lines (shoes)
9/22/17- Negative Space (chair, bottles)
9/29/17- Value (charcoal)
10/6/17- Collage/Mosaic
10/13/17- Color Theory (Wheel) and mixing
10/20/17- Photography
10/27/17- Rhythm
11/3/17- Collograph print (texture)
12/1/17- Two point Perspective
For next class 12/15/17- Next week will be a general work day, which you can use to work on anything from the class. We will see the last slides of the semester, an overview of sculpture (which could be helpful to your process for the last project) but otherwise you'll be working on whatever you need to do for the class. Many of you will work on the 3D graded project, but some of you may want to take advantage of the time and space to work on one of the above portfolio exercise, or you can even bring a computer and work on your last paper for the class. Therefore bring with you whatever you need to work on whatever you have decided to work on.
