12/16/16- 3D Design

Today's Class-  Today was a general work day for the class, which could be devoted to any class project.  Some worked on the recent installation style art piece, carving a photo inspired figure in plaster and then creating an environment around it that related to the figure somehow.  The original deadline for the project was today and some were ready to be turned in today.  Below are two examples that arrived today.

Meanwhile some students were working on the last project of the semester- the large scale inflatable sculpture based on a living thing.  Using the bristol board models made last week as a guide, students cut and joined pieces of the clear plastic drop cloths.  None were inflated this time, but basic shapes were starting to be revealed.

Homework- The inflatable Final Project is due at the beginning of class on December 23, 2016.  We will start looking at them and critiquing them as soon as students are ready to inflate and present them.  Once they have done so, and made sure that I have graded everything they have done, students are welcome to leave.  However, if more time is needed to complete the Final or any back project, the room and those big tables are ours until 1:00 pm that day.  No work will be accepted after the end of class that day.

For those with questions about work done this semester and how it impacts the grades, here are lists of exercises and project from this fall, along the dates that the projects were introduced on this blog.  

Portfolio exercises-
9/23/16  Symmetry/Asymmetry
10/7/16  Surface Planes  (cars)
10/21/16 Coffee trays

(if you think you are missing any of these, they can still be made up for full credit.

Graded Projects-

9/16/16-  100 Modules
9/30/16- Relief Sculptures (skeletons)
10/14/16- Natural Materials
10/28/16- Synthetic Materials (plastics, etc)
11/4/16- Book Carving
11/18/16- Figure in Installation art (clay/plaster)
12/9/16- Final Project

(the longer these are overdue, the fewer points they will be worth in the semester grade)

***If you want any of your projects in the glass case or the shelves or on the walls, take them with you next week.  I have no idea what will happen to them after that.  Also the school is requesting that you fill out course evolutions- you should have received an e-mail with a link for this purpose.***

For next class 12/23/16- Our last meeting of the semester.  We will inflate the final projects and critique them, as well as look at any back projects.  No new work will be started, but if you need to finish something from this semester, you have the class period available to work on it.