Sept. 13-17,2010

Jewelry

Paper Beads (continued)

Students will continue to roll beads from magazine paper. Additional shapes and weights of paper will be introduced to add variety to the sets of beads being produces. The beads will be grouped by color first, then size, and shape.

Sculpture 1

Picture Collage in Relief

Students will pick a theme or topic in choosing the imagery for their collage. The images will be mounted on pieces of matt board. Once the images are all prepared they will be arranged across a strip of matt board. The images will be backed with smaller pieces of matt to create a variety of elevations. The finished assembly will be sprayed with coat of clear spray and displayed.

Sculpture 2

Corrugated Cardboard Relief (continued)

Students have begun the 14x18 piece and will construct the image or design as per their sketch or reference picture. The objective is to use relief and texture to represent the forms, shapes, and colors in the reference image. Only brown corrugated cardboard will be used in the construction.

Sculpture 3

Cardstock Relief Triptych

Students will mount the relief sections to a piece of cardboard for display. Finished pieces will be displayed in the Library display case nest to the LLA.

Foam Letters

Students will design a decorative alphabet letter to be cut from thick foam board and finished in joint compound. This will be the sample project for a larger sculpture using the same materials.