11/11/16 3D Design

Today's Class-  Work continued today on the book carving project started last week, and those present made good progress on their pieces.  We looked at the plastics projects that were due today, some examples of which can be seen below-

Some preparations were done toward the next project, which will involve modeling clay and carving plaster.  Creation of a plaster block was demonstrated and students learned that curing plaster generates noticeable heat.  No one was burned.

How to make this up- See last week's post for information about the book project.


Homework-  Just as I gave more in-class time for the book project, I am giving more homework time for students to finish what they've dreamed up.  Cutting paper takes a lot of time.  Because there is a holiday the week after next, I extended the deadline for the book project to the beginning of class on December 2, 2016.


For next class 11/18/16- We will begin our next graded project, which will involve making something  with modeling clay, then reworking it as a carved plaster sculpture.  There is clay in the ceramic studio that we can use, and the department has provided us with plaster, but for what I have in mind, we need to cast blocks, which will be started in class next week.  Therefore you will need something to act as a mold for the wet plaster.  In my demonstration I used a carton that once contained orange juice- which could handle the liquid plaster and support it until the block dried, which took about half an hour. If you don't have one of those, a similar size box lined with plastic will suffice.