Term4- Week 1- Year 1&2

Press play to hear Christine read out the instructions for this lesson. 

Learning goal: I can make an abstract sculpture.

This image is a sculpture called Cloud Gate by the Indian born British sculptor, Anish Kapoor.  Cloud gate is sometimes called The Bean and lives in Chicago in the USA. I’ve seen it in real life many years ago, it’s amazing!

Key words:

Abstract: art that is not really about anything in particular. It’s mostly about line, shape and colour. It’s not a real representation of something.

Sculpture: a 3D artwork. Something you can see from different angles and viewpoints.

The arts element we are looking at is…

Form: A form is a 3D shape. For example a pyramid or cylinder. It takes up space and volume. We can walk around it or look at it from different positions.

Materials:

  • Match sticks or tooth picks (PLEASE be safe with these materials and ask your Adult if you can use them).
  • Playdoh or plasticine in one colour.

If you don’t have any, here is a short video explaining how you can make some. Please check with your Adult to make sure it is okay before making the Playdoh. https://www.kidspot.com.au/kitchen/recipes/no-cook-play-dough-recipe/86ok7dsn

Your task:

First, look at these images of different sculptures or forms.

What do you notice? What 3D shapes do you see?

Artist: Joseph CSÁKY
Abstract sculpture (1919); 1960 {cast}
bronze

This artwork shows more geometric shapes.

Artist: Jean ARP
Growth (1960)
Material: plaster

This sculpture shows more organic shapes.

Next, watch Christine going through the task in more detail.

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/82ccb8af-ad0c-4d4e-9ad4-024608b6e4e4

Then, take a piece of your playdoh and warm it up in your hands. Make the base of your sculpture. You can make a cube or rectangular prism. Pinch and squeeze to create the forms. You can make geometric or organic forms. You should have at least 5 or more.

Finally, start to put together your shapes on top of the base. Use the match sticks to keep it all together. Try and make the sculpture stand on its own.

Extension: You could use some match sticks to add details or textures onto your sculpture. You could poke holes or dots or add stripes.

Well done, Amazing Artist! I’d love you to send me a photo to my email address:

Christine.caminiti@education.vic.gov.au