Wrought Emotions

After a detailed study of human form and proportions, Art 10 students created these androgynous, exaggerated human figures out of wire/pipe armatures, paper and plaster.

The style of the figures was inspired by sculptor Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) who crafted elongated figures out of metals, often bronze. Each student recreated this look with black and then hand painted a simulated “patina” out of acrylic paints.

Their challenge, beyond the construction, stability and final effect of the sculpture, was to have the pose of the figure evoke an emotion.