3/8/17 3D Design

Today's Class-  Tonight we continued the idea of making use of the inherent shapes of objects and turning them into art.  Unlike last week's natural materials, this time we are working with something that is manufactured, and not for the purpose of making art.  The medium tonight was pulp cardboard coffee trays, simple disposable, given out wherever coffee is sold to go, to help move it to the next location.  It turns out that these simple throw away times have some very complex surfaces, which like the things we looked at last week, can be adapted to other things.  Students had the option of making something familiar or just creating an abstract 3D design, but something about this project seems to make students want to create critters.  Below are some examples from tonight's class- a lion and a pig.

How to make this up- Everyone was present tonight and completed this portfolio exercise.


Homework- The natural materials projects begun in class last week are due at the beginning of class on March 15, 2017.  

For next class 3/15/17- We will begin our next graded project, a sequel to last week's stone age style project.  This time the materials will all have to be cast off manufactured materials.  All things that were created for purposes other than art, and disposed of when no longer needed, not unlike tonight's coffee trays.  Below are some examples from local artist Lisa Bagwell, who has made this way of working her specialty.

Her "Giant Hoagie" has bread make from wine bottle corks, an olive garnish made from plastic bottle caps, and is filled with plastic cup lids, gloves, disposable razors, and scraps of cloth, yet from a distance very much resembles a tasty sandwich.  

Below, bottle caps, small cigar mouthpieces, and care instruction inserts for plants are easily put to work as other things.

And now here are some examples of this project from 3D students of past semesters-

Some rules to keep in mind:

1) Sculptures should resemble something that actually exists, but can be objects or living things.

2) All colors in the finished piece must come from the items used to make them-  no painting is allowed.

3) Materials may be manipulated in any way you want.

4) Hot glue is probably the easiest way to put things together, but you can use anything you want to attach stuff- glue, nails, staples, screws, etc.

I will bring in a bunch of cast off plastic that you are welcome to, but feel free to bring in any discarded manufactured materials you want to work with. (things designed to build with are not allowed- like lego bricks, tinker toys, etc)