Location, Location, Location

Some artists consider the placement and space their art will inhabit equally as important as the work itself.

Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that often are site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space.

Some artists install their work in a specific location.

The space where an artwork is placed can alter or change the way the viewer looks at or perceives the art.

Currently, there is an art show where each artists carefully considered the placement of their art.  The show is called Wonder.  Each artists designed their artwork for the space in the museum.




Think of a location that would be exciting to install your work.  

Would the space be indoors or outside? 

Would the space determine the size of your work or the materials you would use? 

Would you need to create many artworks or just one? 

Here are a few more installation artists.

Yayoi Kusama

Maurizio Bolognini

Ai Weiwei

Sarah Sze

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen

Olafur Eliasson

Andy Goldsworthy

Soo Sunny Park

Think about how you might consider LOCATION for installing future artworks.

Jewels, Gemstones and BLING!

Jewelry -Temporary Studio
The Jewelry Studio is a temporary studio and will only be open a short time.


Jewelry consists of small decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. 

 Jewelry may be worn on the body or the clothes.  

  It is one of the oldest type of archaeological artifact – 100,000-year-old beads have been found.

Jewelry artists can express their creativity through the jewelry art form.

Jewelry Studio.  A jewelry studio can include a work bench, metal, beads, wire and lots of tools.


Jewelry Basics

tools

findings

How to attach with findings

Stringing beads

Beaded jewelry can be patterned, asymmetrical or symmetrical.


People wear jewelry to adorn themselves.  What piece of jewelry would you like to make?  What materials will you use?  You can sketch your idea first. 

It's in a BOOK!

We have been exploring the printmaking studio over the last two classes.

What to do with all those prints!!!

(google)

besides mounting or matting them:

How about creating an art book!?!


Some artists draw.  Some artists paint.  Some artists sculpt.  AND some artists make BOOKS!

Let's look at how a simple piece of paper can become a work of ART!  Book Art!


Types of Books:
Accordion book:

Evenly fold lengths of paper.  Take it to studios... collage, drawing, printing or how about FIBERS.  What would that look like?  Try cutting the top of the folded paper.


Pocket book

Before accordion folding the pages of your book, evenly fold up the bottom of the paper.  Accordion fold and the bottom fold becomes a pocket!

Those prints you made last class, put them in the pockets!  What else could you add to the pockets?  Drawings, collages, paintings!  Could you cut shapes into the pockets?


Create a fantastic cover for your book!

Could a box become a cover?

Get creative with binding your book!
*sticks *rubberband *string *ribbon *saddle stapler *hole punch


What else can become the pages of a book?????

Envelopes!
open envelopes and glue.

Paper bag books!

Stack a few paper lunch bags.  Fold in half.  Saddle staple or hole punch and tie with ribbon or string.

*other materials for pages:  maps, construction paper, puzzle pieces, tissue paper

Key Stage 2:

Star Book

Fold side to side

Fold corner to corner

Fold in sides.  Repeat and glue

ARTIST BOOKS

Did this make you think in a new way about books?  Can you imagine how you might turn a piece of paper or a print into a book?  How will you stretch your work if you choose to make a book?