10/7/16 3D Design

Today's Class- Today we started a new portfolio exercise on the topic of planes- broad exterior surfaces.  They can be flat, curved, angled, and move in any direction.  Planes are very much a part of car design, so the assignment included that as a subject.  Automobiles are the most heavily advertised thing in our society, a major consumer durable, and an inspiration for much art of the 20th century.  The assignment was to use foam core and/or bristol board to build a model of a motor vehicle, one chosen solely on visual appeal for the artist.  Students were asked to make the pieces, and a second copy of each piece to set aside.  After the cars were completed, the students were asked to use the duplicate pieces to create a second three dimensional artwork that is not a car.  Planes that can be used to make an attractive car should be able to be used to make other attractive art.  Below are examples from previous semesters, pairing the cars with the second sculpture.  Most went with abstract sculpture, but any subject would be fine.

This is a portfolio exercise and must be made up by the end of the semester to receive full credit.

How to make this up-  Everyone attended today, and everyone made progress on, or finished the car construction.  

Homework- The foam core relief images based on skeletons are due at the beginning of class on Oct 14, 2016.  

Those who have not yet turned in their completed Make 100 module project should bring them in as soon as possible.  The longer the delay, the fewer points it will be worth.

For next class 10/14/16- We will begin our next graded project, what I think of as a stone age artwork-  The oldest artworks known to exist go back to cave dwelling days, and what they all have in common is use of natural materials, and subjects tend to be representations of living creatures, real or imaginary.  We are going to explore the same area.  For materials you will need things found in nature.  I'll bring in some sea shells and some bamboo, and you are welcome to bring in whatever you can find as long as it is natural and not manufactured.  So you can use milled real wood, but not plywood, which is a manufactured product.  You can use real rock, but not cement or bricks (also manufactured) I will allow hot glue to be used for assembling things, and because artists of that era often painted their sculptures, you have that option as well.  Below are some examples from previous semesters.

Keep in mind that living plants do wilt and die quickly, so if you want to use leaves or flowers, I recommend waiting until just before it's due to pick them and attach them to your work.