INTRODUCTION
SCULPTURE 1, FALL 2020
AN INTRODUCTION THROUGH OBJECTS:
Project 1 due August 27, please post on your page before class.
Assignment: Gather a few of your favorite things. No less than five (5) and no more than eight (8). Arrange the items and photograph. List all of the items with a brief explanation. You have complete freedom here. If an item is not available, find another way to represent it. Perhaps you draw a picture of the absent item, write it’s name on a piece of paper or clip the image of it from another source. All the items have to be in one photograph. Do not produce multiple photographs, just one photograph with 5-8 items. Post that one photograph and explanation on your blog page.
See the Image below, and look over this student’s explanation:
- A leather pouch that holds own lock of my father’s hair. He passed away two years ago. If my house was burning and I could only grab one thing this is it.
- An old can of Krylon spray paint. It reminds me of the countless days I’ve spent with my best friends painting and skateboarding. The glory days!
- A copy of the zine:“Every everything” which my brother Nick and I made for a recent show. It’s a compilation of not only our creative collaboration but also a glimpse into an unbreakable bond and friendship.
- A railroad spike. To me this symbolizes adventure, freedom, and possibilities it also reminds me of some beautiful lines written by Robert Frost; “I have been well appointed with the Knight. I am walking out in rain–back injury. I am out walking references City lights.”
- My harmonica: I take it with me everywhere, I pretend I can play ( I really can’t) but I just keep it in my pocket and whip it out when most other people whip out their cell phones.
- A piece of obsidian, I keep this in my pocket, sort of a worry stone. I found it on my first day on campus when I was feeling rather alone and walking around to get my bearings, mostly looking at the ground to avoid looking at people and this caught my eye.
- The old leather bound book is just the support, but I thought it looked good as a background.
