8/14/2019 Instructor: Kelley Eggert Project 2: Mass: Form
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Instructor: Kelley Eggert
Project 2: Mass: Form and Abstraction
Goal: Bring a toy or tool to class. Choose a geometric form
(sphere, cylinder, cone, cube, or pyramid) Copy your toy ortool by
sculpting a solid replica. Then carve or alter this form in a way
that simplifies and reduces it to be moregeometric and like the
pgeometric form you have selected. The end result should reference
the original form but also be
reduced to a hybrid form which has the evident geometry of the
word you chose. In your final form you are aiming for atrue hybrid,
which possesses a 50% ratio of each.
Artists of Reference: Brancusi, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Henry
Moore, African Art
Project Description: The project focuses on the understanding
and development of abstract form in three dimensions.Abstraction is
loosely defined as the opposite of naturalism, or the antithesis of
forms that replicate or imitate reality.Abstraction moves away from
a depiction of realism by taking the essence of realism and
applying an idea that focusesthe artists selective vision.
Objectives: (these are methods used to abstract forms. You can
choose 1 or all)
To investigate geometric forms and abstraction as a means of
reducing actual objects to simpler non-literal forms.a.
Simplification of form: recognize and isolate basic geometric and
organic forms within your complex form,Simplifying your object to
these shapes.
b. Reduction of detail: reduce/remove/generalize the detail
and/or the contours.To alter proportions to effect
simplification.To manipulate volume and mass to create reductive,
abstracted form.To use color and surface on the sculptural form to
enhance 3D and conceptual goals.
Procedure:
1. Choose a man-made object (toy or tool) that you can bring to
class. This object should be a fully 3 dimensional form.Something
that is flat like a nickel will not work. Examples are: a roller
skate, a telephone, a stapler. This object should
not be abstracted already.
2. Re-create your object with clay by sculpting a 4
maquette.
3. Select a geometric form. (cylinder, cube, pyramid, sphere,
cone)
4. Make at least 3 sketches combining your object and geometric
word. (see objectives)
5. Sculpt a 4" maquette of abstracted form.
6. Model a sculpture from your most resolved solution that is at
least 14" in one direction (no larger than 20 in anydirection). Use
slab, coil, pinch and/or the wheel.
7. Develop surface and color for your sculptures. Use sketches,
drawing and maquette to experiment with surface andcolor.
Important Dates:2/12 INTRO: Abstraction , Pick form2/19 DUE:
Maquette and sketches3/12 DUE: Greenware? CRIT: Proj.
8/14/2019 Instructor: Kelley Eggert Project 2: Mass: Form
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Objectives: Grading: evaluated on craftsmanship and skill in:
Abstracting form 30% How well did you alter your object through
proportion, structure, volume, etc., to create anabstracted
form?
50/50 hybrid of geometric form and chosen object 30% Composition
Did you use the geometric formand the object in equal parts? Did
you use volumeand mass when approaching the piece?
Surface design 10% How well does the surface details like
textureand modeling enhance the sculpture? How welldoes the color
work?
Craftmenship 20% Did you take the time to create your idea?Where
you aware of joints, seams, and edge quality?How is your glaze
application?
