Student Work: Newspaper Shelters

Remember this project from last year?

 

Well, we had great success with it again this year!

 

3D art can be a little tricky to teach.

Especially in the beginning, when students enter

the classroom with various understandings and/or knowledge

 of the visual arts, and in particular 3D art.

 

Some students walk in comfortable taking risks and provoking their viewer

with wildly engaging compositions, but most are timid and unaware

that their choices as an artist greatly affect the way their peices are received by the audience.

 

One of my goals within the first month of school

is to level the playing field

by giving students shared experiences

with foundational projects that exemplify

the vocabulary specific to 3D art

and encourages them to take risks and think outside of the box.

 

This project is simple, yet yields amazing results.

 

The students are told they must create a sculpture that can house their group (of 3-4 students),

it must be made of only newspaper and tape,

and it must be visually interesting from all sides.

 

After creating their shelters,

we discuss which groups had more visually interesting shelters

and WHY.

It is the perfect opportunity to demonstrate what ACTIVATION OF SPACE, and

MOVEMENT look like in creatingVISUALLY INTERESTING sculptures.