Ekaterina Panikanova is an artist that paints on books to create large scale installations. Responding to her work and that of Chuck Close in a collaborative piece might be an interesting combination. http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/06/book-paintings-by-ekaterina-panikanova/
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Came across these pattern off cuts used by my wife for designing a dress and thought it would make a good resource for creating cubist style relief collages. Could roll various materials around a pole and then cut up and stick down (in a carefully composed arrangement, of course - nothing ad hoc!). Might also be a good experimental process for designing futuristic architecture.
Designers often view letters as interesting shapes which they can play around with. Have a go at cutting out letters from the newspaper or a magazine and creating a pattern with them like in the following example: What other shapes could you create? Look at the following for inspiration:
A collage is a mixture of different pictures to make up a whole new scene. A collage can be on anything, but why not start with a collage about your family life. Choose a scene to depict such as family dinner time or a special event such as your last birthday. Using printed images found in magazines, newspapers and off the Internet, cut them up and recreate the scene. You can also add text using the headlines from newspapers to describe the situation or add dialogue/speech, or even a piece of poetry that conjures up the scene. Have a look at the video below for examples of how to create a collage at home: Examples of CollagesThe act of sorting and defining objects could be an interesting starting point for a discussion around the functionality of objects versuses their formal and aesthetic qualities. Marcel Duchamp's infamous sculpture 'Bicycle (see below) is a combination of everyday objects used to create a new art form, part of a collection that he calls 'Assisted Readymades, which he used to shock the art world in 1915. As a traditional painter, his status meant that people took his art work seriously and where forced to ask questions about the very nature of how art was defined. You could also look at Still Life as a genre and get them to think about how objects are often used as symbols and to associate with a particular belief. Hans Holbein's portrait of 'The Ambassadors' is at the National Gallery in London and contains many objects that symbolise different meanings. Some questions you may wish to pose to pupils: • What words would you use to describe the sculpture 'Bicycle'? • What alternative title would you give the sculpture? • How is this different to traditional Still Life paintings? • Can an everyday object be a work of art? • What objects would you like to combine that you think would make an interesting sculpture? Make a quick sketch of what your sculpture might look like. Task 1Using some of the photocopies of objects sourced by your teacher (or research and print your own), cut out and combine to create a collage of 2-3 objects combined to make an 'Assisted Readymade' sculpture. Practice making 3 different collages and give each one a title. Be prepared to describe our sculpture to other pupils in the class. Task 2Take a walk around the local area and collect as many different man-made objects that have been discarded. You could visit a local scrap/junk yard to a more exciting range of objects. Combine these objects in the studio to create temporary Assisted Readymade sculptures, which can be photographed and put on your e-portfolio blog. Teacher Note: If resources permit, it is a good time to introduce them to basic construction techniques (depending on their age) such as drilling, screwing, bolting together, use of knots using rope and wire, etc. ExtensionThere are many other artists, post-Duchamp, that have used everyday objects both man-made and natural that could be used as reference towards getting pupils to interact with objects in a new and meaningful way, drawing out their artistic/formal qualities. Below are a few examples, but encourage them to do their own research:
In response to the Surrealists drawing game know as 'exquisite corpse (EC)', pupils will construct their own EC using found images from the Internet to produce a collage that can then be worked into. Process 1. Start with a simple game of consequences to illustrate how they can combine their imagination to produce a unique EC. 2. Prepare a range of photocopied image of body parts ranging from the human body to insects/animal parts and fictional characters such as zombies and superheroes. You can also include images of everyday objects, mechanical parts and natural forms. Ask pupils to cut out shapes and experiment with different combinations onto an A4 sheet of paper. After a few experiments, they should start sticking down their final composition using glue. 3. Using tracing paper, pupils should trace over their collage using fine liner pens adding a variety of marks from hatching, cross-hatching and stipling techniques to build up a complex image. 4. Photocopy and enlarge the tracing paper pen illustration to A3 size on drawing cartridge paper (thicker than normal paper). 5. Pupils should work back into photocopies using watercolours. Extension
For pupils that wish to develop this further, they could work towards a large scale drawing using fine liners - see examples below. An initial sketch could be enlarged using an overhead projector if they wish to scale up an existing image or even layer images. For this task, pupils could look at how artists have interpreted portraiture through silhouettes. The Victorians created portraits through backlighting and tracing - see below: This technique can be tried out easily with a large sheet and overhead projector whilst the pupils outline the shape of the head and then paint with a fabric paint. Alternatively, it could be produced photographically. Photogram Silhouettes
Using cut out shapes of photocopies or photos of portraits (preferably from profile views), pupils create a photogram but half way through the exposure time they mask the paper with their cut out silhouette. The following examples were made like this and then toned. It is also possible to do such portraits as digital files using a scanner and photoshop, altering opacities on layers. In this activity, pupils will use imagery of figures playing a sport linked to the Olympics to create a collage.
Possible tasks include: - photographing themselves posing in action shots as silhouettes using back lighting or against a bright doorway - using their own photos or images from the Internet, they should attach them to coloured paper using a paper clip or strips of masking tape before cutting them out. Tip: Use more than one sheet if multiple figures are needed - creating a collage that has a sense of movement - creating a collage that shows an action scene between two figures - creating a background that is either based on real landscape or abstract shapes that create a mood - using warm-cool or complementary colour combinations Extensions - retracing compositions to then build up into reliefs using mixed media from cardboard, tissue paper, paintings, photographic images, foil, etc - enlarging using an OHP to create a large scale painting/wall mural - cutting out figures on hard card that can be put onto mini plinths through cut and slot techniques |
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