Sculpture 1

Loyola University Chicago

Sculpure 1:

Found Object Assignment

Volume Assignment

Reliquary Assignment

Hanbuilding Ceramics

Drawing

Found Object: The Form of Repetition

Using a large quantity of a readily available, identical everyday objects or items, explore the physical qualities of them and discover a method for assembling them into a sculpture.

S. Chukwulebe

zip ties, found bottles

K. McCall

match sticks

M. Carney

dust masks

S. Blaw

clothes pins, clothes line

N. Arellano

paper plates, grommets, lacing

Volume: the space within

Create a form that expresses volume using chicken wire as an armature and creating a surface with plaster of any material of your choice.

A. Bellezzo

styrofoam, plaster, fabric dye

B. Koch

chicaken wire, ribbon

K. Cygan

styrofoam, plaster

K. Dugan

chicken wire, lace

Reliquary

Students are introduced to wood working through this assignment. Before beginning this assignment, students learn about wood, types of wood, how to buy wood, and are introduced to the band saw, drill press, chop saw, table saw, disk sander, circular saw, and hand tools.

This assignment stresses an inside outside relationship, and developing a specific space for a personal item.

B. Delaney

found wood, cloth, Democratic National Convention delagate's pin

K. Dugan

plywood, paint, tassels, pearl necklace

K. McCall

plywood, moss, dirt, light, dried flowers

Y. Vilk

plywood, brass buddha, out-sourced lazer-cut masonite

H. Lubowicz

plywood, wood, tar shingles, Polish 1972 Olympic soccer team post card

Handbuilding

Students learn the basics of handbuilding through coil, pinch, and slab construction using stoneware and earthenware. Students are introduced to different materials and ceramic processes including mixing their own clay, high fire glazes, iron oxide wash, low fire under glazes, terra sigillata, and non ceramic surface possibilities.

A. Paciora

earthenware

M. O’Malley

stoneware with iron oxide wash

E. Rizki

stoneware with iron oxide wash

C. Jechura

earthenware with terra sigillata

A. Prieto

earthenware

Drawing

Wilbur Wright College

In this introductory course, students learn the basics of drawing and learning how to see by using negative space, contour, gesture, value, the figure, self portrait, and architecture. They are introduced to graphite, charcoal, color, ink, and conte. Non-traditional assignments support traditional assignments by developing composition skills, while still reinforcing perceptual skills. Non-traditional assignments encourage experimentation and the beginnings of conceptual considerations.

The most important goal of this class is facilitating students to shift their perceptions and ways of seeing from the linguistically based to the visually based.