Sculpture
Art 211.01, 212.01,
213.01
1:00-3:50 PM TTH
Room AS1630/1632
INSTRUCTOR: Liza Halvorsen
Office: IB2410A
Office hours: T/Th
12-1 PM or by appointment.
Telephone: 528-4537
e-mail: lhalvorsen@sccd.ctc.edu
TEXTS: On reserve in the library: The Appreciation
of The Arts/2 by L. R. Rogers
TOOLS: Large synthetic clean-up sponge
Plastic or metal bowl
Polyethylene Plastic sheet or bags
Old clothes or lab coat
Sketch book
Small hand tools requirements (to
be discussed in class).
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Art 211, 212, 213 are beginning survey courses
in sculpture consisting of lectures, outside reading, slides and movies, demonstrations,
and practical experience. Students will assume a professional studio attitude
towards your work. This includes attention to assignments and a thoughtful
approach to outside reading and slide lectures. Specific assignments will
be given to challenge the student to explore various sculptural form and
surface issues. Beyond these basic requirements you will be expected to create
original work within the framework of the assigned problems.
In sculpture, as in any form of creative activity, you will learn only in
proportion to the number of experiences which you undergo. The student
is therefore urged not only to attend class regularly but to take advantage
of the many fine museums, libraries and galleries present in Seattle and the
surrounding area.
STUDIO PROCEDURES:
1. Keep all personal tools and equipment in your locker.
2. Leave your immediate work area clean.
3. Keep all plaster or cement out of sink drains - use rinse containers.
4. Do NOT operate any power tools without supervision and permission.
5. Keep all moist clay tightly wrapped with damp towel and plastic.
6. Identify finished work with name and section.
SCULPTURE PROCESSES:
There are three main technical processes in sculpture. These consist of:
1. Replacement process - items made in one material such as clay then through
the mold making process duplicated in other materials such as cast plaster,
cement, resin, or lost wax process.
2. Additive process - a built or constructed piece such as plaster over
screen, wood, and/or cloth; body putty over wood or screen; laminated wood;
or mixed media.
3. Subtractive process - carved pieces in materials like carved plaster,
wood, soapstone,
sandstone, salt blocks.
CLASS PROJECTS: a minimum of three projects will be produced
each quarter. The main materials will be plaster and clay. All students
will keep a sketchbook and give one researched oral report.
ART 211 - The first project will be a cast piece. The student
will make 8 small models, pick one and enlarge it, make a mold of it, and
then duplicate it either in cast plaster or hollow clay, applying an appropriate
finish. The second project will be an additive (built) piece using plaster
over a wire armature (skeleton), also brought to an appropriate finish.
The third project will be a subtractive (carved) piece either in plaster or
soapstone. Research and readings will be discussed and there will be a quiz
on sculptural terms.
Art 212 - The focus this quarter is on relief, combining two dimensional
illusion of depth by "drawing with shadows" with actual three dimensional
raised areas. Project one will be a built (additive) relief which will
be fired (baked) in a kiln to make it permanent and then finished. The
second relief will be in carved plaster. The third relief will be modeled
in clay in the negative and then poured in plaster to get the positive.
Research readings will be discussed in class.
Art 213 - The first project will be a self-portrait (life-size)
modeled in clay over an armature. When the modeling process is completed,
the piece will be hollowed, dried, fired (baked) and finished. The second
project will be a 3/4 view relief portrait in clay (fired & finished).
The third project will be a figurative relief (fired & finished). Research
and readings will be discussed in class.
SKETCHBOOK and ORAL REPORT: All students will be expected to keep
a sketchbook outside of class. There will be a minimum of ten pages of sketches.
These sketches must be of sculpture and drawn (shaded) for 3-D effect. Each
student will research in the library or gallery or museum and check out books
on sculptors such as: Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, Louise
Bourgeois, Louise Nevelson, Claes Oldenburg, Constantine Brancusi, Jean Arp,
and give a 3
minute talk with visual examples or the chosen artists work.
GRADING: Grading will be based on: originality of concepts in the finished
artwork, effort and improvement of technical ability, quiz, sketchbook and
oral report. Punctuality and class participation is mandatory.
1. Completed assignments
65%
2. In-class participation/clean-up
20%
3. Oral report
10%
4. Sketchbook
10%
5. Vocabulary Quiz
5%
ATTENDANCE: Your grade will be lowered one step for each absence
over three, i.e., an A will become an A-, an A- will become a B+, a B+ will
become a B, a B will become a B-, etc.
GENERAL EDUCATION OUTCOMES:
Outcome 2. Use qualitative reasoning processes to understand, analyze, interpret,
and solve quantitative problems.
Outcome 4. Access, evaluate, and apply information from a variety of sources
and a variety of contexts.
Outcome 6. Work and communicate effectively in groups.
Outcome 8. Understand major ideas, values, beliefs, and experiences that
have shaped human history and cultures.
Outcome 9. Understand artistic expression as an essential human and
cultural phenomenon.
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES REGARDING STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
AS ENDORSED BY HUMANITIES & ADULT EDUCATION FACULTY
"Faculty and staff have learned through experience that classes run more
smoothly and students perform better when everyone knows exactly what is expected
of him or her. For this reason, your instructor has provided you with a course
syllabus to explain how course content will be presented and how your performance
of course requirements will be measured.
Experience has also taught us that we can save class time, create a good
learning
environment, avoid potential problems if we provide some basic guidelines
for
appropriate behavior. These are:
1. Attend and participate in all classes. If an
emergency arises, notify your
instructor if possible, so that he or she can provide
information about
assignments. In non-emergency situations, please
do not ask for excused
absences. The quarter is a highly concentrated
term, missing even a few
days necessarily affects how well you learn the material
and perform in the
class.
2. Buy the books and other instructional materials assigned.
Do the reading.
Turn in assignments in the form specified when they are
due. This is the
minimum expected in any class.
3. Organize class materials. If your instructor
has specific requirements
for this process, follow them. If not, use folders
or notebooks. Date
class notes and handouts.
4. Be sure that work you submit in class is your own.
Plagiarism is a violation
of the student conduct code at NSCC. When an instructor
discovers that
work is plagiarized, he or she will reject your work
and may ask for your
removal from class.
5. See your instructor when you have questions or concerns
about the class or
your performance. When you go to talk with your
instructor, take your
work with you so that you can refer directly to tests
or papers.
If you have a complaint, follow the established procedure,
which begins
with your instructor; only if that fails do you go to
the division chairperson.
6. Observe simple courtesy toward your instructor and
classmates. Get to class
on time. Let your instructor know if you must leave
a few minutes early
and make your exit quietly. Carrying on conversations,
slamming doors,
opening pop cans or eating lunch distracts 20 to 30 other
people and interferes
with their learning."
