Advanced Placement 3/D Studio Art

Advanced Placement 3/D Studio Art

Summer Homework Assignment options

Project #1: Line

Challenge:

Create a three-dimensional, freestanding, abstract form. The piece should be engaging from all viewpoints. Brainstorm qualities of line: thin, thick, rigid, graceful, elegant, wiggly, straight, and chaotic. While you are working, look at the piece from all sides so you do not make a frontal/one-sided sculpture. Avoid using symmetry. You may use hand techniques such as braiding, twisting, stacking, bending, wrapping, straightening, curving, crimping, or weaving. No glue, tape, or staples!

Materials:

Wire

Ruler/tape measure

Pliers

Wire cutters

Hammer

Dimensions:

At least 8” tall, width and depth proportionate to design

Project #2: Shapes: Organic vs. Geometric

Challenge:

Using modeling clay, create an abstract, non-representational, elongated shape that smoothly changes and transforms from an organic shape into a geometric shape. The transition should be gradual, changing from a crisp, sharply edged form into a soft, amorphous shape.

Materials:

Modeling clay

Carving and cutting tools like butter knives, sticks, and wooden clay tools

Sheet of cardboard, paper, or wood to work on—the oil in modeling clay will stain.

Dimensions:

Approximately 4-8” tall

Google: Jean Arp (AKA Hans Arp), Constantin Brancusi, for inspiration

Project #3: Texture: Plaster Dipping

Challenge

Collect 10 small found objects, cover them with freshly-mixed plaster, and build them into a sculptural form. Paint the sculpture white if the plaster does not cover completely. We will finish them in class in the fall.

Materials:

10 found objects: go thrifting!!

Plaster (buy from Lowe’s or Home Depot)

Large plastic container for mixing plaster

Paint-stirring stick for mixing plaster

Covered work area with newspaper

Glue to adhere objects together (I recommend hot glue or Aleene’s Tacky glue)

Square wooden base proportionate to your sculpture

Dimensions:

Variable depending on each student’s objects used

Resources/Research:

Look at the work of Pablo Picasso, Julio Gonzales, Richard Chamberlain, and Robert Rauschenberg for imagery

Project #4: Form: Cardboard Construction

Challenge

Using large sheets of cardboard, create an abstract painting on both sides. First, prime the cardboard sheets with gesso (or white house paint), if necessary. Cut into small pieces and then, making slots in each piece, build an interchangeable sculpture form.

Materials:

Sheets of cardboard from flattened boxes (corrugated cardboard will be stronger than cardboard from shoe boxes, but has an unsightly edge). Scrap mat board works well, too.

Acrylic paint in various colors

Gesso

Paintbrushes in assorted sizes

Scissors or Xacto knife to cut cardboard

Dimensions:

Approx. 8-14” tall

Project #5: Shoe—Symbolic Monument

Challenge

Get an old shoe or boot…closet/thrift store/etc. Select a theme from this list:

·  Ode to Carl Jung

·  Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte

·  Ode to Mohammed Ali

·  Ode to Ode to Rene Magritte

·  Ode to Salvador Dali

·  Ode to Houdini

·  Ode to Albert Einstein

·  Ode to . . . Elvis

·  Or . . . make up your own

Embellish the shoe with elements to portray the theme; for example, add papier-mâché wings, roller skates, miniature toys, lights, eyes, sails, electrical wire/tape/supplies, hardware, and papier-mâché appendages. How will this shoe epitomize this significant person?

Please don’t pick cliché celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Kim Kardashian, etc.

Check out these websites:

http://www.moca.org/

http://www.metmuseum.org/

http://www.whitney.org/

http://www.guggenheim.org/

http://bullseyeglass.com/

http://www.fusedglassartists.org/

http://artaxis.org/index.html

http://www.theclaystudio.org/

http://accessceramics.org/

http://www.barbarasorensen.com/

Questions? Email me during the summer:

Check out my artwork (for examples of a concentration):

Christinecolby.com