Thurs/Fri class: Due Thursday, October 15th
“So we made ourselves into a society for asking questions. One of us was to visit a man-of-war; another was to hide herself in a scholar's study; another was to attend a meeting of business men; while all were to read books, look at pictures, go to concerts, keep our eyes open in the streets, and ask questions perpetually. We were very young. You can judge of our simplicity when I tell you that before parting that night we agreed that the objects of life were to produce good people and good books. Our questions were to be directed to find how far these objects were now attained by men. We vowed solemnly that we would not bear a single child until we were satisfied."
-Virginia Woolf
Your assignment for Midterm Break is to think about the transmutation project. You have now learned 3 very concrete skills: woodworking, welding, and how to power and translate the motion of a low RPM motor. You will be learning 2 more skills when you return from break: sewing and soft sculpture, and plaster mold-making and casting.
You should:
1. Look closely at the world and the objects around you and get inspired. Ask questions.
2. Attempt to answer this question: If your work was a finger, what would it be pointing to?
3. Do research. Look up the artists that I recommended on your last round of sketches.
4. Print your research out, and paste it into your sketchbook. Write down your thoughts.
5. Choose one of the 3 ideas you proposed in your last round of sketches, and come up with 5 versions of that one idea. For instance, if I recommended you focus your brainstorming on a particular material, choose the material that you find most intriguing and come up with 5 different things you could do or make with it. Make 5 sketches based on that one idea (either 2D drawings or small 3D models), to be handed in when you return from break. Those sketches may be supplemented with explanations if you feel your drawings or models are difficult to understand on their own.
6. Photocopy your sketches (or photograph and print out pictures of your 3D models, to hand in along with the objects). You will be handing them in to me upon your return.
Think of this as a project proposal for a show you were invited to participate in. Challenge yourself to communicate your ideas clearly (even if they are not conceptual, but are instead formal investigations of a particular material or process).
3. Do research. Look up the artists that I recommended on your last round of sketches.
4. Print your research out, and paste it into your sketchbook. Write down your thoughts.
5. Choose one of the 3 ideas you proposed in your last round of sketches, and come up with 5 versions of that one idea. For instance, if I recommended you focus your brainstorming on a particular material, choose the material that you find most intriguing and come up with 5 different things you could do or make with it. Make 5 sketches based on that one idea (either 2D drawings or small 3D models), to be handed in when you return from break. Those sketches may be supplemented with explanations if you feel your drawings or models are difficult to understand on their own.
6. Photocopy your sketches (or photograph and print out pictures of your 3D models, to hand in along with the objects). You will be handing them in to me upon your return.
Think of this as a project proposal for a show you were invited to participate in. Challenge yourself to communicate your ideas clearly (even if they are not conceptual, but are instead formal investigations of a particular material or process).
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