Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Minimalist Sculpture





Our lesson on Minimalist Sculpture led me to a lesson I found online...
 Art Teacher Blog- The Adventures of a Melbourne Art Teacher

Students were shown sculpture from artist, Tony Smith.  Their design was to incorporate the appearance of a circle, square and triangle and to add a shape in their shape. 
I enjoyed (maybe my students didn't :) ) watching them problem solve.  I showed students visuals of an example I had last year that is shown at the bottom.





Elijah C.
Vanessa B.
Tia A.
Mya P.
Elvis H.





 




 Mya's construction phase
 



 



 Paper Mache time!  finding the balance between not enough paper mache glue and too much :).


Note: I use paper mache powder.  All you have to do is add water and wait 5 minutes.  I tried old fashion recipe but our humidity gave us mold even when I added more salt.  The smell was horrendous :p