SCULPTURE+UNIT



= General Art Sculpture =

Choose one project from each of the 5 sculpture groups. A total of 5 projects must be done by the end of the year. Project groups must be done in order. Before you start a project post your research (images and websites for each sculpture idea) on the correct wiki page. Download and print this checklist to keep track of your projects.

Group 1: Modular Sculpture Toothpick Modular Sculpture: create a module of at least 3 toothpicks, panit and assemble them into a larger sculptural form. Eames Module Card Sculpture: For a complete set of directions open this file. For a pattern open this link [|http://www.educatorresourcecenter.org/media/lesson_plans/ClassofCards.pdf] Print off this card for a pattern to make your own.

Here is my research for modular sculpture [] Group 2: Alexander Calder Mobile-Create a mobile that is related to a theme, for example celestial bodies, abstract shapes, sports,cars, flowers etc. Stabile- Create an abstracted free standing sculpture from foam core that is similar to the stabiles created by Alexander Calder Wire Sculpture: Create a free standing 3-D sculpture of an animal or figure using wire and attach to a base.

On the moblie/stabile page post the images that you have looked at to get ideas for you mobile or stabile, copy and paste the url for the best websites on moblies and abstract metal sculptures you find.

Group 3: Sculpture with and Armature Papier mache: create an armature from newspapre, wire and masking tape. Cover the form with paptier mahe. cut open the finished papier mache layers and remove the armature. Re-tgape the outsid layer together and paint. You can make animals, people, nature forms or functional objects like boxes, bird houses or bowls. Decorate with paint or collage. Plaster Tape and Chicken Wire: Create a form from chicken wire, it could be a realistic or an abstract form. You can also make functional pieces like a basket. Cover the armature with plaster tape, paint or collage the finished piece.

Panty Hose Sculpture: Cut several pieces of wire and fix them into a wooden base by drilling a small hole and then fixing the ends of the wire with hot glue. Shape and form the wire in different directions, loop it back on itself, twist, try to create positive and negative spaces as well as keeping the form interesting from all 4 sides. Cover the wire form with panty hose and paint with white house paint in several layers. Spray the finished form with metallic paint or paint with acrylics.

Group 4: Subtractive Sculpture

Soap Stone: Choose alabaster or soap stone in a 3" piece and carve into a small animal form. Carve and polish using files, saws and exacto knives. FOLLOW THIS LINK TO the soap stone instructions [|ZUNI WEBQUEST] Plaster sculpture: pour a mold of 3 parts plaster and 1 part pearlite. Sketch several connected shapes on the face of the plaster and carve using exact knives, and saws. Sand and polish, finish with metallic paint or acrylic.

**Liliane Lijn**
New Yorker by birth - European by education - Londoner by choice, Liliane Lijn studied Archeology at the Sorbonne and History of Art at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris. Interrupted academic pursuit to concentrate on painting was involved with the Surrealists. She lived in New York from 1961 to '63, she worked in plastic factories expirimenting with acids and fires; she also did research into invisibility. She married Greek magnetic sculptor, Takis. They built a house in Greece and came to london in 1966 withe her son Thanos. By 1980, she had made her home in London with photographer and industrialish Stephen Weiss, they had two children, Mischa and Sheba. She initiated many projects, among them the transformation of Manhattan into "The Hanging Gardens of Rock City" and the "Whirling Wind Tower" a wind sculpture generating electricity for a small town. In the 1980's established herself as a leading public sculpture artist in Britain began making female figures using materials and imagery from both nature and technology.


 * [[image:http://art.dada.it/lijn/exhibit/uimages/ex04e.jpg width="162" height="251"]] ||


 * [[image:http://art.dada.it/lijn/exhibit/uimages/ex06b.jpg width="195" height="300"]] ||