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December 9, 2009

How do your new glasses represent your personality?

What do you think were your successes with this project?

How could you have improved upon it?

Assignment #1Answer these questions about the “I SEE ME” project. Use complete sentences!

Get out a NEW piece of paperAssignment #2

Name: Date:

Per:Wire

Sculpture

Some artists who use wire to create art…

Born in Switzerland & studied art in Paris

Known as one of the leading ‘surrealist’ sculptors.

“Surrealism” focused on subconscious thoughts and dream like visions

Alberto Giacometti1901-1966

Giacometti worked obsessively on his figures until he had all but carved them away

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/ThreeMenWalkingII.JPG

Known for his artistic use of chicken wire of famous people

Ivan Lovatt

Nationally known for her wire sculpture

Called the “fountain lady” because of all her public fountains

Ruth Asawa

Artwork uses mixed materials and raises ideas about culture, fragments of memories, and the materials themselves

Also a fashion designer

Corinne Okada

tool used for turning, bending and sometimes cutting wire

how thick or thin the wire is. 16 gauge wire is thicker than 20 gauge wire.

a line that creates the outside edge of a shape

Pliers

Wire Gauge

Contour

Some more examples of wire animals

NakishaSeattle artist who makes “animal

art” including sculpture, drawings and videos

www.nakisha.com

Watch these short videos!

Draw a detailed and ‘to scale’ drawing of an animal. It should be drawn from a real animal but feel free to add your own creative designs and shapes. (1-2 classes)

Using wire and your drawing, you will create a 3 dimensional animal that has character and details.

If you know what animal you’d like to work with, bring in a book or picture of it. Otherwise you will have to use what I have available. Bring those pictures in ASAP!

Your assignment:

Write your SUMMARY and turn in your notes before you leave