THURSDAY's Art Club:

3D Symbols, Heraldry & Family Crests

NOTE: Materials pick up is THIS WEEK!

Make sure you have your materials and design ready for Thursday.

Welcome to the club!

I am very excited to work with you this term. If you don't know me yet, my name is Shannon. I am working at Ren this year as I pursue my Masters in Teaching. My background as a teacher is as an art teacher and coach, and in addition to teaching I have been a professional artist for over a decade. Most of my work is 3d base relief sculptures, often based on heraldry and personal symbols. When I first started at Ren many of my students expressed a desire to learn how to make shields, which is part of my art practice. I designed this club in order to teach the design and sculpture aspect of that process. Thanks for your interest everyone!

I am looking forward to working with all of you to help you learn about familial symbols from around the world, and also design and build your own!

Have fun painting your sculptures! Remember to drop them off next term at materials pick-up for mounting.

Symbols Class Instruction Video.mp4

Class Description:

Create your own symbol or family crest using heraldry and history from different cultures around the world, with Shannon! In this class we will:

Explore how people of different cultures represent themselves and their families.
Design our own symbol or family crest based on what we learn
Learn 3D sculpture techniques to create a finished piece.
Sculpt a 3D base-relief final version to hang on your wall!

Our class slideshow:

An ongoing resource for our term, updated by both myself and you, the students.

Crests/symbols

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