In Advanced/Intermediate 3D Art, students will build on their basic sculpture and ceramic skills, as well as learn new art forms and techniques. Students will develop their own artistic style and formulate meaning in their work. Students will create artworks that are suitable for a college portfolio. This page shows examples of finished projects, as well as the design process and reflection writing.
In Advanced/Intermediate 3D Art, students will build on their basic sculpture and ceramic skills, as well as learn new art forms and techniques. Students will develop their own artistic style and formulate meaning in their work. Students will create artworks that are suitable for a college portfolio. This page shows examples of finished projects, as well as the design process and reflection writing.
Calendar and Syllabus
Calendar and Syllabus
Abstract Sculpture about Emotion
Abstract Sculpture about Emotion
Description
Description
Students will create an abstract sculpture that depicts an emotion through shape, line and form. Students will begin by exploring how abstract forms, shapes, lines and tone suggest meaning. Next, they brainstormed and experimented with collected materials. Finally, students created large scale sculptures and drawings inspired by their emotion.
"Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature." - John Burroughs
"Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature." - John Burroughs
The Design Process
The Design Process
Brainstorming about Emotion with Lines
Turning Lines into Shapes
Sketching Shapes into Compositions
Practicing folding and sculpting techniques
The Project
The Project
"Perky" Sculpture
"Perky" Sculpture
Detail Drawing
Detail Drawing
Reflection
Reflection
The reflection questions are:
1. What emotion(s) did you portray? Describe how the emotion feels to you.
2. Describe the shapes and forms you created to represent the emotions.
3. What were your challenges in creating this sculpture?
4. How do you feel about your finished work?
UNIQUE SET - Ceramic Vessels
UNIQUE SET - Ceramic Vessels
In this unit, students designed, built and glazed a set of serving ware in a unique style of their own. They used a variety of handbuilding techniques, including hard-slab, soft-slab, draping, coiling, pottery wheel or a combination. Emphasis was be placed on uniqueness of design, quality of construction and how the pieces function as a set.
Reflection
What is the theme or style of your set?
How did you make it work as a set?
What techniques did you learn?
Unique Set by Audrey Ruggieri
Unique Set by Phoenix Pike
Lotus Book
Lotus Book
Handmade folded books open into a sculptural form. The origin comes from the tradition of origami folding. The pages of the book can be illustrated with images, designs, patterns, collage papers or mixed media. For this unit, create a lotus fold book or a ‘zine and illustrate it in a style, medium and "story" of your choice.
Reflection: What “story” did you tell in your book?
An artist’s book is a book made by an artist where the book itself is a work of art. - Julie Chen
An artist’s book is a book made by an artist where the book itself is a work of art. - Julie Chen
Lotus Book 'Zine using ink and silver sharpie on paper
Lotus Book made with handmade decorative paper
Reed Sculpture
Reed Sculpture
Reclining Figure, 2022
Reclining Figure, 2022
Reclining Figure is a large-scale sculpture which portrays a human form in repose. This is one of the most traditional poses in art history. It has meanings that relate to privilege and elite status. Drawing inspiration from the work of Henry Moore and Martin Puryear, Reclining Figure is a rhythmic line drawing in space that can invoke personal meaning in a viewer. It is meant for outdoor display for the public to discover and enjoy.
Proposal for Public Sculpture
Proposal for Public Sculpture
The project is to explore creative concepts for a public sculpture. Use the reed sculpture as a maquette for a large scale sculpture. Using Art Critique Vocabulary, write a proposal that is an overview of your sculpture in terms of size, location, materials and description. Your paragraph should explain how your sculpture will enhance the public space and how it can make people feel when they experience it. You should include what the sculpture's meaning is to you as the artist.
Countryside
Countryside
Public Square
Public Square
Desert
Desert
The Project and Influences
The Project and Influences
Explore the concepts of line and abstraction in sculpture using reed as a construction material. Artists have used these concepts to make large=scale sculptural works.
American artist Martin Puryear is well known for sculptures that merge modern art with traditional methods and materials, including rattan. Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich uses native materials to express the dark history of his homeland and his own experiences as a refugee in the form of woven sculpture. In addition, artist Nathalie Miebach weaves reed and other materials to bring art, mathematics, and science together by translating numerical and environmental data into woven pieces.
Sgraffito
Sgraffito
Sgraffito is a form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color, typically done in plaster or stucco on walls, or in slip on ceramics before firing. In this unit, students designed and created a plate or vessel and used the sgraffito technique to decorate the piece.
Design Process
Design Process
Original sketch and plastic transfer
Reflection
Reflection
My sgraffito design portrays a scene from a dream I have about walking or flying at night. The young woman is shown in a wooded field surrounded by mountains in the background. The hand represents her flying above the scene about to enter the picture plane. This image has been a subject n my art as I am trying to decipher its meaning.
Through the sgraffito process, I have learned about using repeated lines and marks to show texture and create values of light, medium and dark on a single color background. I enjoy using curved lines to show form and add movement to the illustration.
BATIK
BATIK
Students created a pattern design and color scheme for a Batik on fabric. The art of decorating cloth using wax and dye, batik has been practiced for centuries in many parts of the world including China, Japan, India, South America and Europe. The word batik originates from the Javanese word “ which means to dot. Batik is both a verb (to batik) and a noun (a batik – an object made by batiking!). Batik is usually made on a fabric surface.
Reflection
Describe your pattern and color choices
What were your challenges with this project?
Batiks: (L-R) Pillow, Wall Hanging, Tote Bag
Deconstructed Book Sculpture
Deconstructed Book Sculpture
Reflection: What idea did you explore for your project? What were the challenges for you?
Reflection: What idea did you explore for your project? What were the challenges for you?
Ceramic Lantern
Ceramic Lantern
Students create a textured slab-built lantern in a unique style of their choice. Skills include slab construction, texture application, piercing, and sculpture. Attention to composition and design are emphasized.
Student Gallery
Student Gallery
Pop Art Mosaics
Pop Art Mosaics
The Project
You will design and create a stained glass mosaic, using ideas from the Pop Art Movement.
Learning Goals
SWBAT create a design in a Pop Art style and understand appropriation in art.
SWBAT select materials and use color theory for a desired effect in their mosaic.
SWBAT learn and produce in the direct method of mosaics application.
What are mosaics?
mosaic is an artistic technique that uses tiny parts to create a whole image or object. Mosaics are usually assembled using small tiles that are made of glass, stone, or other materials. Typically the tiles are square, but they can also be round or randomly shaped. The small square tiles are known as tesserae, and the rounded tiles are known as pebbles.
There are two main methods for creating mosaics, indirect and direct. We will use the direct method. Using this technique, artists glue in place the tiles directly on the final surface, whether that be on a wall, table, or other objects. After the mosaic design is finished adhesive glue is fully cured, you will set it with grout.
Student Gallery
Student Gallery
Plaster Cast Hand Sculpture
Plaster Cast Hand Sculpture
"Together Forever", 2024 , Greta Mueller
"Together Forever", 2024 , Greta Mueller
Reflection
Reflection
For this project, I was asked to cast my own hand and make it into a meaningful sculpture. Inspired by the work of George Segal and Auguste Rodin, we studied how a hand gesture could communicate an emotion and how using full scale forms made a sculpture a relatable reflection of the human experience.
For this sculpture I casted my left hand two times, then connected them opposite from each other, defying gravity. My sculpture was painted in a gold coat of paint with the base in a nice black. As I connected the hands upside down, it began to form an infinity symbol. I would name this sculpture “Together forever”.
I found this sculpture very sentimental and meaningful. The connecting hands that form into an infinity sign really bring the picture of a true meaningful connection. I was first drawn to a sculpture of two hands that formed a heart but then I thought, this heart can be shown in other ways. Overall my first option of a heart enhanced itself to a more powerful meaning.
Greta Mueller
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