ART 230
Beginning
Sculpture // Section 001
Instructor:
Dana Harper, dlh334@psu.edu
Schedule #: 808753
Time: MW 2:30pm-5:30pm
Location: 103
Visual Arts Building
Credits:
3.0
Texts: No required
texts
Office hours:
MW 5:30pm-7:00pm
If these office
hours do not work for you, I am also available by appointment. If you
would like to meet after class or during regular office
hours, please let me know beforehand so that I have the appropriate materials
and references prepared for you.
Course Description:
Along with analyzing and experimenting with three-dimensional design elements,
students will be given a brief history in contemporary sculpture.
Students will have the opportunity to gain appreciation of sculptural
form through hands-on projects, lectures, readings and critiques.
Elements of design, line, shape, size, texture, color and value as well
as the principles of design, balance, proportion, rhythm, emphasis and unity
will be discussed within the context of sculpture. Through artistic
exploration, students will understand the importance of concept, context and
material. Symbolism through material and form will be expected.
Course Format:
The course will
consist of 4 hands-on projects and one short passion paper, projects will be
given more or less time depending on the difficulty and process required.
The more time given, the more points earned. Projects are designed
to explore the elements and principles of design while also encouraging the
students to think critically of concept, context and material.
After each project
is introduced, the following day you are expected to have a sketches and ideas
to share with the class. It is expected that every student give feedback
as well as the instructor. You will be given as much class time as
possible to work and I will also be available for individual meetings with
students and demos throughout the process. This will help me evaluate how
much progress you are making throughout the week.
Critiques:
Critiques are an
essential part of this class. It is a time where we can get together and
learn how others are seeing our work. It is a unique opportunity to
understand how effectively we are communicating. Each critique is worth ten
points, if you do not show up for critique, you will lose these points as well
as valuable insights into your work.
Attendance/late
work Policy:
You are
allowed to miss three days of class, after this your grade will drop. For each consecutive day missed your
grade will drop again. For
example, if you had an A, you would receive an A- after missing four classes,
if you miss one more class, your grade will drop to a B+. I am not concerned whether these are
excused or unexcused absences. Two
tardies are equivalent to one absence.
Unless otherwise discussed, each day an assignment is late, 10% will be
deducted from your project grade.
GRADING
Projects:
BUILD
--------------------------------------------130 Points
WOOD--------------------------------------------130
Points
CAST ---------------------------------------------130
points
TRANSFORMATION -------------------------130
points
PASSION PAPER
-----------------------------100 points
For each project, I will be grading you based on this outline.
EFFORT/TIME SPENT-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------50
points
Did you come ready
and prepared to talk about your ideas in class?
Did you take advantage
of the work time given?
Did you work
outside of class time?
Did you put forth
extra effort to finish the project well?
Does
your final piece fulfill the requirements of the assignment?
TECHNIQUE/CRAFTSMANSHIP------------------------------------------------------------------------30
points
Did you apply
techniques that we talked about in class
OR did
you develop your own process?
Does it looked
finished/purposeful/well put together?
Did you care about
the details?
PRESENTATION---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20
points
Did you consider
how the work would be experienced by the viewer?
-height,
placement in the gallery, how it is positioned
SCULPTURAL PRESENCE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------15
points
Is the work three
dimensional?
Do we have to walk
around the piece to experience it?
CRITIQUE
PARTICIPATION------------------------------------------------------------------------15
points
Did you
give other students feedback during critique?
Could
you talk about your work and share your ideas with other students?
PROJECT OUTLINES
WOOD (130 points) materials: wood of your choice
Reviewing different artists who work with wood and using
them as inspiration, construct a form in which you can employ some of the same
techniques. Your final form and
choice of technique or approach is up to you. Painting, staining or other additive processes are
encouraged and should be thought about as conceptual symbols.
STRUCTURE/BUILD (130 points) materials: chicken wire,
newspaper, burlap, masking tape, plaster
We will be
reviewing different ways to build and construct form. Working with newspaper,
chicken wire and Styrofoam we will create a support system for the interior of
the sculpture. The exterior or
shell will be made of burlap and plaster. This will be an additive
process, you can decorate or ornament your work with paint, fur, rhinestones or
any other material you feel is relevant to your work.
CAST
(130 points) materials: flex wax, plaster
bandage, plaster or other casting material
We will learn to cast parts of our body or if your partner is willing, cast
parts from another person. Choose
your body appendage and think about what we use this body part for and how this
can be used for its conceptual baggage/meaning. We will also be exploring what can be cast into your
mold. You can add anything that
you wish to complete this project.
TRANSFORMATION
(130 points) materials: your choice
You can think of
transformation as a literal morphing or hybridization of two objects, as if one
thing is changing into another.
But you can also think about transformation of ideas through the
proximity of objects as well as skins that can be placed over top. How are objects transformed by material
pairing?
PASSION PAPER (100 points)
What are you passionate about? What keeps you up at
night? What drives you to rise out of bed in the morning? What can you do
about this tomorrow, in a week, in a year? (your answers do not have to
be art related or even related to education in general. I am more
interested in understanding who you are and how you are directing your
life. Your answer may be simple or complicated, all I ask is that you’re
honest.)
WEEK 1
1.7
Introductions
Introduce
WOOD project
HW: come to class with paper model ready
1.9
Discuss ideas with the class
WOOD SHOP DEMO
WEEK 2
1.14
WORK DAY
1.16 WORK DAY
WEEK 3
1.21
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY (no class)
1.23 WORK DAY
WEEK 4
1.28 WORK DAY
HW:WOOD CRITIQUE DUE WEDNESDAY
1.30 WOOD CRITIQUE TODAY
BUILD introduced
HW: Come to class with clay models and
materials
WEEK 5
2.4 DEMOS today
discuss ideas
2.6 WORK DAY
WEEK 6
2.11 WORK
DAY
2.13 WORK DAY
WEEK 7
2.18
WORK DAY
2.20 WORK DAY
WEEK 8
2.25 WORK DAY
HW: BUILD is DUE WEDNESDAY!!
2.27 BUILD CRITIQUE
INTRODUCE
CASTING
HW:
COME WITH IDEAS FOR CASTING PROJECT
WEEK 9
3.4 SPRING
BREAK
3.6 SPRING BREAK
WEEK 10
3.11 DEMOS
sketch and make models
HW: Come ready to work!
3.13 WORK DAY
WEEK 11
3.18
WORK DAY
3.20 WORK DAY
WEEK 12
3.25 WORK DAY
3.27 WORK DAY
HW:
CASTING PROJECT DUE MONDAY
WEEK 13
4.1 CASTING CRITIQUE
Introduce TRANSFORMATION PROJECT
HW: Come to class with ideas for
TRANSFORMATION
4.3 Share Ideas
WORK DAY
WEEK 14
4.8 WORK DAY
4.10 WORK DAY
WEEK 15
4.15 WORK DAY
4.17 WORK DAY
WEEK 16
4.22
WORK DAY
HW: TRANSFORMATION
IS DUE TOMORROW!!
4.24 FINAL
CRITIQUE
Safety Information
(required)
Students in the
School of Visual Arts may find themselves working in the shop or
in their studios or
classrooms using a variety of power and hand held equipment,
which may cause injury.
Students should use the shop only after having received
an orientation in the
use of such equipment and when supervised by faculty or
shop personnel. Should
any injuries occur, in the shop, studios, or classrooms in
the School of Visual
Arts please report them to Jerry Bierly, Shop Supervisor,
Room 108-A Visual Arts
Building, Phone: 814-865-3962, email: jib7@psu.edu.
Academic Integrity
Statement (required)
University Policies and
Rules Guidelines states that academic integrity is the
pursuit of scholarly
activity in an open, honest and responsible manner. Academic
integrity is a basic
guiding principle for all academic activity at The Pennsylvania
State University, and
all members of the University community are expected
to act in accordance
with this principle. Consistent with this expectation, the
University's Code of
Conduct states that all students should act with personal
integrity, respect
other students' dignity, rights and property, and help create
and maintain an
environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their
efforts. Academic
integrity includes a commitment not to engage in or tolerate
acts of falsification,
misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty
violate the fundamental
ethical principles of the University community and
compromise the worth of
work completed by others.
Academic dishonesty
includes but is not limited to acts such as cheating on
exams or assignments;
plagiarizing the words or ideas of another; fabricating
information or
citations; facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others;
claiming authorship of
work done by another person; submitting work completed
in previous classes;
and/or submitting the same work to multiple classes in which
a student is enrolled
simultaneously.
Note to Students With
Disabilities (required)
It is Penn State’s
policy not to discriminate in educational programs against
qualified students with
documented disabilities. If you have a disability-related
need for modifications
in this course, please make an appointment with me and
contact the Office for
Disability Services, 116 Boucke Building. I should be
notified during the
first week of classes. For further information, consult the
Nondiscrimination
Policy in the Student Guide to University Policies and Rules
(1997).
