INTRO TO SCULPTURE
Course Description & SyllabusThis course offers a supportive but critical context to extend students' understanding of three dimensional form and its creation. Building on construction methods and spatial relationships formed in ARTS 1200: 3D Approaches, the course emphasizes the experiential and conceptual aspects of sculpture, and the interrelationship of ideas, form, material and technical means.
Skeleton & Skin
Students created a sculpture that consists of a structure that supports a surface. The skeleton of the sculpture was constructed out of metal rod and the skin was a material of the student’s choice.
Chair Sculpture
Students were asked to transform a wooden chair into a sculpture and to consider the following questions:
What is a chair?
What is a sculpture?
What is the difference between art and design?
Will your sculpture retain any function?
What is your strategy / process?
