3D Design
Occupied/Unoccupied Space
Variety/Unity
Create a series of three small sculptures that emphasize occupied/unoccupied space (positive and negative space) in the following proportions:
30/70 Occupied/Unoccupied Space
50/50 Occupied/Unoccupied Space
70/30 Occupied/Unoccupied Space
Each piece shows VARIETY of shape and form, but together they should show UNITY
Materials
- Cardboard or Styrofoam
- Glue and/or Tape
- Paint *If used, keep it simple
Principles of Design:
- Occupied/Unoccupied Space
- Variety
- Unity
Cardboard Tips:
Cut slits into cardboard in which other pieces of cardboard will fit (uses less glue)
Cut and remove an outside layer of paper to reveal the corrugated surface below
Cut parallel slits into one side of a piece of cardboard in order to make it more flexible
30/70 Occupied/Unoccupied Space
50/50 Occupied/Unoccupied Space
70/30 Occupied/Unoccupied Space
Each piece shows VARIETY of shape and form, but together they should show UNITY
Materials
- Cardboard or Styrofoam
- Glue and/or Tape
- Paint *If used, keep it simple
Principles of Design:
- Occupied/Unoccupied Space
- Variety
- Unity
Cardboard Tips:
Cut slits into cardboard in which other pieces of cardboard will fit (uses less glue)
Cut and remove an outside layer of paper to reveal the corrugated surface below
Cut parallel slits into one side of a piece of cardboard in order to make it more flexible
David Rivera, 2011 AP student, from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
All made from styrofoam cups!
All made from styrofoam cups!
professional artist:
Naum Gabo
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/naum-gabo-1137
Constructive sculptor and painter. Born in Briansk in Russia, named Naum Pevsner; younger brother of the sculptor Antoine Pevsner. Entered Munich University in 1910, studying first medicine, then the natural sciences; also attended art history lectures by Wölfflin. Transferred in 1912 to an engineering school in Munich. Met Kandinsky and in 1913-14 joined his brother Antoine (then a painter) in Paris. After the outbreak of war moved first to Copenhagen, then Oslo; began to make constructions in 1915 under the name Naum Gabo. 1917-22 in Moscow with Pevsner, Tatlin, Kandinsky and Malevich; wrote and issued jointly with Pevsner in 1920 a Realistic Manifesto proclaiming the tenets of pure Constructivism. Lived 1922-32 in Berlin in contact with the artists of the de Stijl group and the Bauhaus. First one-man exhibition with Pevsner at the Galerie Percier, Paris, 1924. With Pevsner, designed the set and costumes for Diaghilev's ballet La Chatte 1926. 1932-5 in Paris, a member of Abstraction-Creation; 1935-46 in England, first in London, then from 1939 at Carbis Bay in Cornwall. Edited Circle jointly with J.L. Martin and Ben Nicholson in 1937. Moved in 1946 to the USA and settled in 1953 at Middlebury, Connecticut; became a US citizen in 1952. Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture at Harvard University 1953-4. From 1950 onwards carried out several large sculpture commissions, including a sculpture for the Bijenkorf store in Rotterdam 1955-7. Created Hon. KBE 1971. Died at Waterbury, Connecticut.
Naum Gabo
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/naum-gabo-1137
Constructive sculptor and painter. Born in Briansk in Russia, named Naum Pevsner; younger brother of the sculptor Antoine Pevsner. Entered Munich University in 1910, studying first medicine, then the natural sciences; also attended art history lectures by Wölfflin. Transferred in 1912 to an engineering school in Munich. Met Kandinsky and in 1913-14 joined his brother Antoine (then a painter) in Paris. After the outbreak of war moved first to Copenhagen, then Oslo; began to make constructions in 1915 under the name Naum Gabo. 1917-22 in Moscow with Pevsner, Tatlin, Kandinsky and Malevich; wrote and issued jointly with Pevsner in 1920 a Realistic Manifesto proclaiming the tenets of pure Constructivism. Lived 1922-32 in Berlin in contact with the artists of the de Stijl group and the Bauhaus. First one-man exhibition with Pevsner at the Galerie Percier, Paris, 1924. With Pevsner, designed the set and costumes for Diaghilev's ballet La Chatte 1926. 1932-5 in Paris, a member of Abstraction-Creation; 1935-46 in England, first in London, then from 1939 at Carbis Bay in Cornwall. Edited Circle jointly with J.L. Martin and Ben Nicholson in 1937. Moved in 1946 to the USA and settled in 1953 at Middlebury, Connecticut; became a US citizen in 1952. Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture at Harvard University 1953-4. From 1950 onwards carried out several large sculpture commissions, including a sculpture for the Bijenkorf store in Rotterdam 1955-7. Created Hon. KBE 1971. Died at Waterbury, Connecticut.
building tips
How to make a homemade cardboard construction set:
Now, simply cut your cardboard up into squares.
Then along the edges or at the corners, cut some very narrow V-shaped slits. Like this: