A5: Bentwood Box

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A5: Bentwood Box

OVERVIEW:

AIMS:● The aim of the project is to allow students to learn about a culture from

another part of the world: The North West Native American Indians(NWNAI).

● During this assignment you will investigate and learn about the NWNAIculture and specifically, learn about a traditional object use by theNWNAI called: The Bentwood Box.

DEVELOPMENT:● After a series of learning activities learning about the NWNAI culture,

you are to design and build/make your very own ‘Bentwood Box’.

● Creatures play a large part of the NWNAI culture and the associatedstories that go along with these creatures will help form the inspirationfor your own design.

● After designing your Bentwood Box, you are then tasked in making amodel based on your design.

OUTCOME(s):Throughout the project the skills learnt and developed will help you createyour 'Final Outcome' for this assignment, which is:

● A5: Bentwood Box model.

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A5: Bentwood BoxPrior to starting this assignment you should have completed previous tasks and workwhich are:

1. Knowledge and understanding about the NWNAI

2. Identification of creatures and animals used within NWNAI story telling.

3. Consideration and understanding about typical colours used by the NWNAI within

their artefact's.

● TASK 1: Choose 1 of the creatures (following pages) to use for the design of yourown Bentwood Box.

● TASK 2: Copy/draw your chosen creature as accurately as possible into yoursketchbook (aim to enlarge your creature to fill the page).

● TASK 3: Colour your creature drawing using paints or colouring pencils

● TASK 4: Along-side, near your picture write the meaning associated with yourcreature ‘neatly’ and ‘clearly’.

Creatures:Typical creatures used by the NWNAI within their story telling are shown on the followingwww.twava.co.uk

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Sketching out:Start your work by 'lightly' sketching the outline of your chosen creature. Look carefully atthe ‘design’ of your creature and aim to map-out your planned work as carefully aspossible.

● When sketching, do not press too hard with your pencil.

● When all of your work is mapped-out, you are ready for the next stage/step.

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A5: Bentwood BoxDrawing:Ensure your pencil is 'SHARP'. Keep your pencil sharp throughout this step, and sharpen itoften. Your line should be strong and thin, if your pencil becomes blunt, your line willsuffer.

Directly on top of your previous sketchy line, draw a neat accurate line. To do this keepyour pencil in contact with the surface of the paper, turn the point of your penciloccasionally to ensure that you are always drawing with the sharpest edge of the penciltip/ point. Drawing should be one continuous movement/ action.

Refine:With your newly added pencil line on top of your sketch, it is time to refine your workfurther by using a clean rubber/ eraser.

Remove your previous sketchy line using the clean rubber, if you have followed theprevious steps, then your sketchy line should vanish leaving behind your stronger, neaterline.

Before you begin the next step, ensure that your accurate line is not too heavy, as youdon't want it to come through the paint.

Painting:● Consider using the painting skills learnt during the previous project (Advanced Colour

Theory):● Priming the page/ surface area

● Working from light to dark

● Loading your brush with a strong amount of pigment/ paint.

● Keeping your brush strokes in the same direction

● Turning your work around so that you can accurately paint towards the edge

of your outline.

● Paint the lightest colours first, and work with one colour at a time. For exampleidentify all the areas of your work that will painted with Yellow, and paint all ofthese places first, at the same time. Repeat the painting process until you haveapplied all required colour(s).

● You may need to then return to each of the coloured sections of your work and painta further coat/ application so that the strength of the colours is strong and bold.Painting multiple layers of paint can also help hide any messy brushwork.

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A5: Bentwood Box● When all of the coloured areas have received a strong amount of paint you are then

ready to paint the bold, black lines on your work. Do this very carefully, take yourtime, and if needed practice on a spare piece of paper before you attempt to thisdirectly on your work.

● Follow the same principles as above, keeping your brush in constant contact withyour paper/ surface.

TASK 5: Plan your ‘Design’ in your sketchbook. Using the template (found late in thisdocument), accurately draw the ‘net’ or ‘plan’ for your Bentwood Box. Be sure to measureaccurately. This will be your ‘prep’ or ‘practice’ prior to making your final Bentwood Boxmodel. So be sure take your time and be careful. Identify any errors and/or mistakes

during this ‘prep’ to prevent you making mistakes during your actual model.

Above is a ‘net’ or ‘plan’ for your Bentwood Box. Accurately draw this net into yoursketchbook using a full page.Draw your previously chosen creature onto TWO of the main panels.

On the next page(s) are some typical examples of ‘Ovoids’ used in NWNAI art andculture. Chose 3 of these ‘Ovoids’ to use for decoration on the ends and top of your box.

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A5: Bentwood BoxTASK 6: Building your Bentwood Box - After you have completed your ‘prep’ inside yoursketchbook. To build your final Bentwood Box, work directly from your sketchbook ‘prep’task on a plain sheet of A4 (size) drawing paper.

Repeat the same steps/ procedure as you did for your ‘prep’ work on the sheet of paper:

Sketch > Draw > Refine > Paint

Then cut-out your box and ‘fashion’ it together by folding along the fold lines and gluingthe tabs to hold the shape of the box.

TASK 7: If possible take a photograph of your finished Bentwood Box (perhaps useyour mobile phone, if you have one with a camera, or ask your teacher to help).

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Do you have a smart phone?If so you can use the camera on your phone to access online resources to help you withthis assignment.

All you need is a QR code reader app, point your phone web browser to one ofreaders below:

● http://reader.kaywa.com● http://get.beetagg.com● http://www.quickmark.com.tw/En/basic/download.asp● http://europe.nokia.com/support/product-support/nokia-n80/phone-software/smartphone● For iPhone users. Go to iTunes and search for: QR Code reader

Once you have a reader/ app on your smart phone. Simply take a quick snap of the codebelow, and you will be redirected to the required resource, directly on your phone.

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