3D Design

Course Description
Sculpture is an introduction to the practical and theoretical questions surrounding the creation of three-dimensional art. This course will combine the theoretical and academic with the physical practice of making art. Upon completion of this course, students should demonstrate the ability to plan, execute, and discuss artworks and be familiar with a variety of materials.
This course consists of 6-7 main projects. Each project will explore particular approach to making sculpture.

Level 2 – Strategic thinking and implementation of ideas. Analysis and ability to critique one’s own work and that of others. Students will be provided with basic technical skills for making three-dimensional art. Hand Tools will be used and non-art materials will be explored to realize their ideas.
Level 3 – Responding, connecting and synthesizing the knowledge acquired to produce personal work. A conceptual aspect of art making, connecting the physical materials to ideas will be applied.

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will demonstrate an understanding of various 20th century art-making methodologies and be able to implement them in their own work. Students will also learn about contemporary and historical artists and themes, as well as some of the language and terminology used to talk about art.

1. Students will be provided with basic technical skills for making three-dimensional art. To locate meaning within the formation of work, understanding that the making process can be used as a means to generate ideas. To carefully consider how an object, the materials of which it is made, how it is crafted, and the context within which it exists affect our understanding and experience.

2. Students will be introduced to a conceptual aspect of art making, connecting the physical material to the idea. To examine the value of ambiguity in visual design in relation to the familiar and functional.

3. Students will learn to critically evaluate their work as well as the work of their peers. Through slide presentations and discussions; we will explore some of the issues and themes in contemporary art. To broaden our perceptions within nature, our built environment, and with each other so that we may be fully attentive when experiencing one another’s work.

4. To understand how sculpture has evolved through civilization into its position within today’s contemporary culture.

5. To experience the physical and psychological possibilities of scale in sculpture: the intimate which can physically relate to the hand, but also head as a conceptual model; the bodily scale to which we physically relate, and the architectural in which the body fits.