Text as Art: Book Sculptures
Due October 14th, 2015
The book serves as a tool to record historical events that transcend through the ages, passing down knowledge from generation to generation, spanning scientific studies to artistic fields. Today, it is more than just a recording tool, as creative artists start transforming them into genuine and remarkable art forms, generally named Book Sculptures.
Objective 1: You will develop a design based on a favorite story or a contemporary issue.
Objective 2: You will build your design from the paper in the book itself. Focus is on Shape, Form, Space, Texture, Balance, Movement and Unity.
Objective 2: You will build your design from the paper in the book itself. Focus is on Shape, Form, Space, Texture, Balance, Movement and Unity.
Vocabulary:
Relief--extruding from a flat surface, meant to be viewed from front
Assemblage--made of different pieces/parts, meant to be viewed from all sides
Realism--art based on reality, recreating something as realistically as possible
Abstract--not realistic, art that uses shape, form, color and texture to achieve it's effect
Layering--overlapping multiple pieces within a relief sculpture to create volume/depth
Armature--the unseen support/framework for a sculpture
Contour line--a continuous line that creates the outline or shape
Linear--made of lines
Gauge--thickness of wire, the higher the number the thinner the wire
Shape--the outline of an object, 2-dimensional containing only height and width
Form--a 3-dimensional object containing height, width and volume or depth
Relief--extruding from a flat surface, meant to be viewed from front
Assemblage--made of different pieces/parts, meant to be viewed from all sides
Realism--art based on reality, recreating something as realistically as possible
Abstract--not realistic, art that uses shape, form, color and texture to achieve it's effect
Layering--overlapping multiple pieces within a relief sculpture to create volume/depth
Armature--the unseen support/framework for a sculpture
Contour line--a continuous line that creates the outline or shape
Linear--made of lines
Gauge--thickness of wire, the higher the number the thinner the wire
Shape--the outline of an object, 2-dimensional containing only height and width
Form--a 3-dimensional object containing height, width and volume or depth
The Book Sculpture Process
Requirements:
• Pinterst board of paper sculptures
• Sketchbook questions/answers and sketches
• Final paper sculpture
• Self assessment
• Class critique
Materials:
Book, paper, wire, x-acto knives, wire, pliers
• Pinterst board of paper sculptures
• Sketchbook questions/answers and sketches
• Final paper sculpture
• Self assessment
• Class critique
Materials:
Book, paper, wire, x-acto knives, wire, pliers