Protest Art: Interdisciplinary unit with the Portuguese Language department:
Students research how to make a multi layered stencil.
Step 1: take a photograph and choose the defining features. Cut them out. This is the first layer.
Step 1: take a photograph and choose the defining features. Cut them out. This is the first layer.
Students did research on a protester or a protest artist. They had to create a mind map:
The final pieces are 3 layered stencils done with card and acrylic paint.
Malala |
Chico buarque |
Martin Luther King Jr. |
Nelson Mandela |
Gilbert Baker |
Pablo Picasso |
Patterns in Museums:
Students were asked to research a famous museum from anywhere in the world. They needed to reflect the inside of the museum as in the collection or the outside environment as in the city through patterns put onto the exterior of the building.
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Curious Characters
Making Curious characters is a simple process:
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Step 1: create a wire skeleton. You need to staple the skeleton to a small woodblock.
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Step 2: fill the skeleton using newspaper and masking tape
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Step 3: cover your filled skeleton with modroc, You can create details with the modroc.
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Students are exposed to stylization.
They are asked to choose a character out of a book that they have not seen. They need to base their sculpture off the description in the book.
They are asked to choose a character out of a book that they have not seen. They need to base their sculpture off the description in the book.
Organic Mechanic
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Students study science fiction movie poster to combine the organic and mechanic - hybrids of humans and robots
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Work in progress
Finished pieces |
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