Paper Sculpture

 

The Sculpture Studio

Create	1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.	A. Play & Ideation	Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials
		B. Investigation	Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

Welcome to the Sculpture Studio!

This week we are learning about working in the sculpture studio, using construction paper!

Materials Needed:

Colored construction paper

Scissors

Glue (bottle)

First Grade Sculpture Lesson

Second Grade Sculpture Lesson

Third Grade Sculpture Lesson

Marisol Escobar, otherwise known simply as Marisol, was a Venezuelan-American sculptor born in Paris, who lived and worked in New York City.

Marisol created wooden sculptures out of rectangular pieces of wood and wooden boxes.

"...it is my goal as an artist to create works that expose injustice and reveal beauty. the rainbow is literally a spectrum of color while...a symbol of hope and promise."
— Betye Saar

Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan explore the idea of moving, community and memory in their cities and structures made of cardboard

Other artists who work with boxes  

Mark Dion is a contemporary artist who explores our curiosity. A shed packed with hundreds of small boxes, containers, and tins – each filled with old trinkets, toys, debris, or dried plants. Few visitors know that you can enter and open any box (do it!) You are invited in and are welcome to take out the boxes and look inside.

Memory boxes can be all shapes and sizes. Objects inside bring about the senses of sight, touch, smell or sound will evoke some of the strongest memories.

Each box has an object or several objects that are waiting for discovery.

Artist Ibrahim Mahama transforms materials and found objects to explore themes.


Ibrahim lives and works in Ghana.

As you watch this clip:

What were the boxes in this artwork originally used for?

What doe Ibrahim compare the boxes to?

Ibrahim creates walls and installations constructed in common materials. He often works with found objects, transforming them and giving them new meaning.