Project Descriptions:

Simple Machines: In Sculpture 1, after students have been introduced to woodworking, metal fabrication and mold making, they are asked to make a project based on a simple machine.  This project is open to any material.

Units Make Systems: Students were asked to think about how systems are constructed and make a piece that compiled units or bits of information.

Floating Sculpture: Students were asked to create a sculpture designed to float in the campus pond. They were encouraged to think about the sculpture as the floating object itself and discouraged from approaching it as if they were building a sculpture on top of a floating platform.

Body Extension: Student were asked to make an extension of their own body, which could aid or inhibit normal function. They were asked to consider how prosthetics work as well as the potential narrative that could be built into their concept.

Mapping: Students were asked to create a map/diagram/schematic of a specific data set. They were encouraged to move away from traditional ideas of mapping and think about other ways to symbolize statistical information.

Essential Object: Students were asked to theoretically break down a specific object or concept into its essential parts and create an object that acted to illustrate those parts.

Skin Project: Students were asked to consider the idea of skin as a conceptual motivator.  Solutions varied from conceptual and narrative association with skin to formally based projects that used material as skin.

Individual Student Project Intermediate Sculpture 2014 Donated work jerseys from fast food restaurants, fabric backing, steel (for display mount) 12′ x 8′

Individual Student Project Advanced Sculpture 2015 Projected edited image, OSB, Steel, paint, concrete, LED light strip 4′ x 5′ x 23″

Individual Student Project Advanced Sculpture 2015 Reclaimed designer shoes, Concrete, chicken wire, steel, mixed media 4′ x 4′ x 52″

Individual Student Project Advanced Sculpture 2015 Found Gourds, wood, steel, colored bulbs, mixed media 3′ x 1′ x 8′

 

 

 

Individual Student Project Advanced Sculpture 2015 Cast Wax, found ice cream scoop, wood, paint, caster wheels, mixed media 3′ x 1′ x 8′

Individual Student Project Advanced Sculpture 2014 2x4s, oak, Jorgenson clamps, metal clamps Dimensions Variable

2 x 4 x Site, Response: “Shipped 2 x 4 Letter” Intermediate Sculpture 2016 2 x 4 with writing and gel transferred photos2″ x 4″ x 8′

Politics + Site, Response: “Living Studio” Intermediate Sculpture 2016 Reclaimed materials from studio remodels inside art building 8′ x 7′ x 11′

Simple Machines Project Sculpture 1 2015 Steel, leather, latex, mixed media Dimensions variable

Simple Machines Project Sculpture 1 2014 Steel, wood, studio objects, mixed media 32″ x 18″ x 10″

Simple Machine Project Sculpture 1 2014 Found household items, plexiglass, mixed media

Units Make Systems Project Construction Sculpture 2012 Wood, latex paint 70″ x 58″ x 60″

Units Make Systems Project Sculpture 1 2015 Mixed hardwoods and plywood 30″ x 16″ x 5″

Floating Sculpture Project 3D Foundations 2013 Plastic bottles, monofilament 40″ x 40″ x 4″

Body Extension Project 3D Foundations 2013 Cardboard, string Dimensions variable

Mapping Project 3D Foundations 2012 Foam core, latex paint, printed flags, skewers 31″ x 15″ x 16″

Essential Object Project 3D Foundations 2013 Wire, thread 5″ x 6″ x 9″

Essential Object Project 3D Foundations 2013 Stretchy fabric, foam ball stuffing 63″ x 32″ x 33″

Essential Object Project 3D Foundations 2013 Wood, latex paint 45″ x 27″ x 27″

Skin Project Construction Sculpture Wood, latex paint, steel, mirror, mixed media 60″ x 30″ x 72″