An introduction to the study of three-dimensional design explored through text and various media in sculpture.
Quarters Offered
Spring
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:
- Apply the principles and elements of art to demonstrate knowledge of three-dimensional form.
- Formulate aesthetic relationships between form and space by applying compositional design for desired effect.
- Demonstrate knowledge of shadow and space in sculptural form to gain experience in observing, recalling, and interpreting visual environment.
- Prepare finished work for display.
Course Content Outline
- Basic three dimensional concepts
- Form
- Shape
- Mass
- Volume
- Materials and techniques
- Clay
- Plaster
- Wood linear construction
- Recycled materials
- Layered paper plane construction
- Three dimensional exercises
- Modeling a hand in clay
- Architectural relief
- Linear forms in space
- Reconfiguring packaging material into a new form
- Layering planes into a form in space