found object sculpture

Key Concepts

Students will, through creating their own sculpture, learn about the concepts and principles behind sculpture created with found objects.

Then they will learn about the process of planning for artworks by sketching found objects in a sculptural design and exploring how it could actually be assembled.

The students will gain an understanding of found object sculpture and research, write about, and discuss artists that produce found object art.

The students will understand the use of materials and what they can symbolize in found object sculpture.

VocabularySculpture, Found objects, Recycled/repurposed objects, Assemblage, Balance - symmetrical or a- symmetrical, Line, Color, Shape, Texture, Form, Space, Unity, Emphasis, Contrast, Variety , Rhythm or movement

Material adapted from: © 2004-5 Wyoming Arts Assessment Coalition – Found Sculpture – Middle School Visual Art September 2004

Material adapted from: http://www.cfa.arizona.edu/are477/files/lsnfnd.htm

Marilyn Stevens’ “Happy Words” uses stencils, twine and found objects to suggest that an item’s past can be a part

of what makes it interesting now.

Brian Sullivan

Each found object had a story to tell, however when I combine them together strange juxtapositions immerge, creating complex objects far different than their intended purposes. I enjoy playing off the duality of its past life purpose

along with its new meaning.

Trina HessonRastamamapainted recycled wood, metal, found objects23" x 35" x 19"

This painting was a commission for Hampton Lumber as part of a program called "Corporate Waste Into Art" sponsored by Cracked Pots, an art from recycling organization.

Instead of painting on canvas or flat boards she sliced the ends of 2 x 4’s and 2 x 6’s and used the wooden wafers like mosaic tiles. She sliced the ends of the lumber like you would slice salami to reveal the grain and then glued the “salami” on to a backing board.

She further intensified the patterning by rubbing thin paint into some of the slices. Others she painted with opaque paint.

Max KnightWalking Bike

Lisa KellnerOil Spill 48″H x 96″W 60,000 quilting pins on prepared wall surface

Lisa KellnerThe Walls Were Paper Thin; Mansion Cellar36"H x 58"WThousands of hand cut recycled newspaper "bricks".

Lisa KellnerAlmost Perfect 42” x 31” x 6”silk, pigment, thread, surgical pins

Lisa KellnerFamily Portrait20,000 quilting pins on prepared wall surface

Using 20,000 quilting pins on the wall, this piece investigates the memory a space holds and the absence of meaningful objects.

Jud TurnerWired200750" x 22" x 22"found objects, welded steel

Jud TurnerDia de los Muertos Memorial altar - for Jordan Ferraro July 2008 28" diameter found object assemblage

Jud TurnerParadise Lost2008 12" x 10" x 8“ found object assemblage

Jud Turner Cumulus Zeppelin 2008 34" x 38" x 8" (wall hanging) found object assemblage

Jud Turner Cumulus Zeppelin detail2008 34" x 38" x 8" (wall hanging) found object assemblage

student pieces