12/9/16 3D Design

Today's Class- Today the class started the Final Project of the semester, a large inflatable piece based on a living thing.  The first step was to sketch at least 5 living things (animals work best, but plants can be done, too), and then everyone chose at least one of the drawn items to convert into a small 3D model in bristol board.  Below are examples from previous semesters.

Part of the point of the 3D model is to give everyone a better understanding of how to design the inflatable version.  That includes considering how air will be introduced into the plastic piece and the best way to get the air to all parts of the sculpture.  Above is a small model of an ant, and below we see students assembling the sculpture.

We also took a few minutes to take a field trip to the 2nd floor and view a recent art exhibition installed there.  Most current students have never been to our building's 2nd floor, so it was a new experience for them.

The necessary materials for the inflatable part of the project hadn't been purchased yet, so today's main activity was doing the pencil sketches and building models using bristol board.  Below are two from today's class.

How to make this up-  Everyone was present today, so everyone is caught up on this project so far.

Homework-  This inflatable Final Project is due at the beginning of the last day of class, December 23, 2016.  At that time we will inflate all of them and have a group critique of the pieces.

The scale installation figure piece (plaster) is due at the beginning of class on December 16, 2016.

For next class 12/16/16- This will be a general work day, which students can devote to anything related to the class.  Before our next meeting I will post on this blog a list of all the projects and exercises we did this semester.  Bring with you whatever materials and/or tool you need to work on whatever you might still owe me.  Meanwhile, here are more images of completed projects from previous semesters.