A lesson that has become really popular with the
8th grade classes at Williams Middle School is the annual animal/cartoon
character sculpture project. This was a lesson created by my supervising
practitioner Ed O’Gilvie and later taught by myself during the practicum
semester. The purpose of said lesson is
to teach students how to build out and create organic forms (animals, cartoon
characters, objects etc.) by using geometric forms (sphere, cone, etc.) as a
foundation.
Below
are several pictures of the teacher example that I created (it’s a bust of Homer
Simpson). I began to create the base form
of this sculpture by using many cardboard strips (cut from cereal boxes) and
masking tape to create the ellipsoid internal structure. From there I added various details like eyes,
nose, hair, mouth, etc. I then covered everything with two layers of
paper-mache newspaper and one layer of paper-mache paper towel. Once dry I then painted the whole sculpture
with acrylic paint.
Examples of the motion sculptures my students created can be found here:
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