3-D Sculpture project: Animals and Natural forms

The project will be produced in an A2 Sheet of paper to get the students used to understanding the design process and the development of ideas. Working in one A2 sheet also gets the students better prepared for when they go on to the GCSE Fine Art or Textiles courses. They need to annotate ideas and mount work, as this is a big requirement in the new GCSE Art and Design courses. The student will get an A2 sheets of paper to develop the project, they need to be aware of this from the beginning.

The main emphasis is on getting students to:

• Brainstorm and research a topic( topic, artists, designers and different cultures).

• Work on the development of ideas and be able to review and refine an idea leading to a final response

• Learn to annotate ideas, to develop a worksheet and to document work.

• Be able to reflect on the work done through a final evaluation of the project.

Evaluation/process

1. Watch video on wild life and nature. Take notes of the names of animals in sketchbook.

2. Visual research. Use Ipads to look for images from the notes taken to do drawings.

3. Development of ideas. Start to develop some design ideas. Consider the back and front of your design.

4. Select one design to start to make it out of clay. Produce a slab of clay for the base and then start to use the coils of clay to build up the shape and form of the sculpture.

5. Glaze the sculpture.

6. What would you have done better or what would you change?