Line and Form

ART 210 3D Design

Suffolk County Community College

Professor: Matthew Gehring 
gehrinm@sunysuffolk.edu
Office: Rm. 108 Southampton Bldg.

Office Hours:
M/W 9:30AM-12:30PM
T/R 9:30AM-11AM and 1:05-2:35PM
Please contact Art Department Secretary, Maria Cherubino for an appointment: 631-451-4093 or cherubm@sunysuffolk.edu

Project III: Line and Form

Objectives:

This project asks you to visualize and develop a creative combination of line and form that gives rise to a unique and original, non-representational, vision of form and space.

Requirements:

Watch and take notes on the Andy Goldsworthy documentary we will be watching in class today. Read "On Line" (on the "writings" page) at www.peterhalley.com.   Look up any references you are unfamiliar with.  There will be in-class and take home quizzes.  Reflect on how these two very different artists discuss the role of line in their art and in their worlds.  Let them influence your design ideas.

Using only wire, build a free standing wire frame enlargement based on a fruit or vegetable, which has a structure that clearly describes three dimensional volumes.  Make a plastilina model of your chosen fruit or vegetable to use as a guide.  The overall size of your form must be between 12 and 24 inches in all directions.  For critique, present your piece on a sheet of 18" x 24" white paper (or larger), accompanied by a series of 6 charcoal, conte crayon, or ink drawings of your form from six different points of view.

Grading:

Grades for this project will be assessed by your level of craftsmanship and attention to detail, your level of creative originality, the formal accomplishment of your design solution, weekly progress, timely completion, diligence, and class participation.

Suggested supplies:

*Grey* Van Aken Palstilina modeling clay, 5lbs minimum
18 gauge dark annealed soft wire (at least 2lb spool) 

Masking tape
Hot glue
18" x 24" paper
Charcoal, conte crayon, or ink(and brush or dip pen) 

Due dates will be addressed in class