Sculpture
859 SCULPTURE
1/2 year • 1/2 credit Repeatable up to 3 times
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 • Elective • Fee
Course Description:
Welcome to the world of sculpting! This introductory sculpture course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles, techniques, and creative processes involved in sculpting three-dimensional artworks. Whether you are an aspiring artist or simply interested in exploring the realm of sculpture, this course will offer a solid foundation for unleashing your artistic potential.
Course Objectives:
Introduction to Sculpture: Understand the history, evolution, and significance of sculpture as an art form, exploring various styles and movements that have shaped its development.
Sculpting Materials and Tools: Familiarize yourself with the diverse range of materials used in sculpture, such as clay, wood, stone, metal, and found objects. Learn how to select appropriate tools and techniques for each medium.
Basic Sculpting Techniques: Develop fundamental skills in hand-building and modeling to create sculptures from scratch. Learn essential methods like additive and subtractive sculpting, as well as surface texturing and finishing.
Anatomy and Proportions: Study the human anatomy and other subject matters relevant to sculpture, understanding the importance of accurate proportions in creating lifelike and aesthetically pleasing sculptures.
Concept Development: Cultivate your creative thinking and conceptualization abilities to generate unique and meaningful sculpture ideas. Learn how to translate emotions, stories, and abstract concepts into tangible artworks.
Sculpture in the Environment: Explore the relationship between sculpture and its surrounding environment, examining public art installations, site-specific sculptures, and their impact on space and viewers.
Sculpture Design and Planning: Develop critical planning skills by sketching and creating maquettes (small-scale models) to envision the final sculpture and effectively communicate your ideas to others.
Sculpture Techniques Beyond the Basics: Delve deeper into specialized sculpting techniques, such as molding and casting, welding, and carving, to expand your artistic repertoire.
Artistic Expression and Style: Encourage individuality and self-expression in your sculptural artworks, fostering a unique style that reflects your personal vision and voice as an artist.
Critique and Artistic Growth: Participate in constructive critiques to receive feedback on your sculptures, fostering a deeper understanding of artistic concepts and identifying areas for improvement.
HW SCHEDULE: Assigned every Monday, due every Thursday
Every week, students will turn in a sketchbook page inspirational work. This can be a combination of collected images, text, and their own drawing. The pages should reflect at least one hour of work.
Students will also be asked to critique their work using able to using the following chart. Students will choose 3-4 descriptors to talk about their work and write a 3-4 paragraph reflection of the work.
1 - Graffiti Sculpture:
BIG IDEA: HUMAN DIVERSITY
Human diversity is differences in groups or individuals. This includes but not limited to age, sex, gender, race, sexual preference, religion, education, abilities, perspective, values, and experiences. To promote human diversity we try to respect and value people's differences and uniqueness. Diversity is essential to further creativity and through diversity we as humans can better adapt to the world and our surroundings. However times arise where humans are oppressed for their differences. In art, human diversity is often celebrated. We have also seen through prints, paintings, propaganda and photography how because of peoples differences they have been oppressed. Art is an avenue to reveal our worlds diversity, the good and the bad
Students will:
They will need to choose a style of graffiti as well as a word or name to write.
Learn Graffiti Styles
Choose a style and explain how it relates to them
Learn Clay Terms
Learn Proper Craftsmanship
Learn Elements and Principles of Design
Learn to make personal choices
Design
Homework for this Unit:
Homework during this unit is:
3 images of abstract sculpture printed off or 3 sketches of their own design and why they like them
1 final color plan
One written response to their Graffiti Sculpture
1.2 - Abstract Sculpture
BIG IDEA: DECISION MAKING
As growing and maturing human beings, we all develop individual identities. Although the genes that were passed on to us by parents have an important determination of who we become, a far greater factor in identity construction is the interaction of the individual with his or her culture, family, environment and the consequences of these interactions. How do we make these decisions? Why do we make the decisions? What is the thought process behind personal choice?
Students will:
Create an abstract sculpture sculpture.
Learn about the style and thought process of abstract artists
Learn to use subtractive tools as well as recall info and techniques from previous projects
Outside the box thinking
Research artists and styles
Homework for this Unit:
Homework during this unit is:
3 sketches of an abstract sculpture with materials list describing a mood or theme.
1 final color plan of the sculpture with measurements.
One written response to their Abstract Sculpture
1.3 - Wire Figures
BIG IDEA: DECISION MAKING
As growing and maturing human beings, we all develop individual identities. Although the genes that were passed on to us by parents have an important determination of who we become, a far greater factor in identity construction is the interaction of the individual with his or her culture, family, environment and the consequences of these interactions. How do we make these decisions? Why do we make the decisions? What is the thought process behind personal choice?
Students will:
Create an abstract sculpture sculpture.
Learn about the style and thought process of abstract artists
Learn to use subtractive tools as well as recall info and techniques from previous projects
Outside the box thinking
Research artists and styles
Homework for this Unit:
Homework during this unit is:
3 sketches of an abstract sculpture with materials list describing a mood or theme.
1 final color plan of the sculpture with measurements.
One written response to their Abstract Sculpture
1.4 Self Reflective Sculpture Boxes:
BIG IDEA: REFLECTION
Students will create a sculpture box that shows an artistic look at what they are like without being a classic style clay bust. Students will understand and articulate the intrinsic worth and public value of arts and cultural participation. They will draw on a variety of sources to generate, select and evaluate ideas to create a personally meaningful work of art.
Introspective look on how to interpret themselves through art
Use of multiple media to construct
Research on artists and style
Students will collaborate to gain others insight on themselves
2.1 - 3 Shape Sculpture:
Sculpture
This sculpture is a refresher for the start of level 2 sculpture students. Students are asked to build a complex sculpture based on basic shapes. Students should focus on design elements as the prime inspiration for the forms. Should use pyramids, squares, diamonds, spheres, cones....a minimum of 5 shapes to create the sculpture.
Students will:
create a sculpture using only basic shapes
Students will use clay to create a sculpture
Students will learn structure with clay and wire
Students will research design elements
2.2 - Creature Sculpture:
Intro Sculpture
This sculpture is a fun intro to sculpture class game, where students are asked to build a creature on the results of their dice rolls. Students will then display their creatures against each other in a "creature battle" to determine the class "winner". Winners are determined by who builds their creature the closest to their rolls as well as uses the highest level of craftsmanship and finish.
Students will:
create a creature sculpture based upon dice rolls
Students will use clay to create a sculpture
Students will learn structure with clay and wire forms
Students will research monsters and games
2.3 Sculpture Books:
BIG IDEA: RECYCLING
To reuse is to use an item again after it has been used. This includes conventional reuse where the item is used again for the same function, and creative reuse where it is used for a different function. In contrast, recycling is the breaking down of the used item into raw materials which are used to make new items. By taking useful products and exchanging them, without reprocessing, reuse help save time, money, energy, and resources. In broader economic terms, reuse offers quality products to people and organizations with limited means, while generating jobs and business activity that contribute to the economy.
Students will:
create a paper sculpture based upon the theme of book
Clearly show the main themes of the book without being a literal representation of the story
Students will use paper to create a sculpture
Students will learn structure with unusual materials.
Students will research books and content.
2.4 Cardboard Sculpture:
BIG IDEA: Consumerism
Art Materials are expensive! How do starving artists afford do buy materials? Is there a way to make my art without buying all these expensive materials? There is..... it is called found object art, reusing materials is often referred to as upcycling in the art & craft world. One of these abundant materials is cardboard. Your mission is to create a sculpture in the round with cardboard. You will be challenged to problem solve and take risk in order to create a large sculpture. For Direction you may create an household object at a larger scale or create a life size sculpture or bust of a person or animal or a piece of wardrobe that can be worn. This project is open ended as far as your subject matter, so use your imagination and creativity.
Review of cutting and gluing techniques.
Review of recycled materials.
Research of styles and artists.
4 - Abstract Sculpture: Bringing it all together
BIG IDEA: DECISION MAKING
As growing and maturing human beings, we all develop individual identities. Although the genes that were passed on to us by parents have an important determination of who we become, a far greater factor in identity construction is the interaction of the individual with his or her culture, family, environment and the consequences of these interactions. How do we make these decisions? Why do we make the decisions? What is the thought process behind personal choice?
Students will:
Create an abstract sculpture sculpture.
Learn about the style and thought process of abstract artists
Learn to use subtractive tools as well as recall info and techniques from previous projects
Outside the box thinking
Research artists and styles
Homework for this Unit:
Homework during this unit is:
3 sketches of an abstract sculpture with materials list describing a mood or theme.
1 final color plan of the sculpture with measurements.
One written response to their Abstract Sculpture