With mid-terms and finals upon us, the art room is saying good-bye to some; and hello to others. In the long list of things that we have created over the semester, it is difficult to know which experiences my departing students will remember. Some of the work that I used in hopes of inspiring them in their own creative process comes from a variety of places. The act of conceptualizing an idea is no simple task. We have found Pinterest to be a great resource in helping our students to orchestrate their own abstract thoughts into visual substance. Here are a couple of pieces we have found worthy of the label, “Inspiring”….
In Ceramics 1, we looked at this piece as we discussed coiled pots. Students were strongly encouraged to stray from winding coils in a traditional circular formation.
Quite often, as shown above, they rise to the occasion. And, through their own experimentation, they develop their own visual voice. In addition to Ceramics 1, The Food and Art class has also found "inspiration" through the work of other artists. The work of Guiseppe Arcimboldo, for example, has been used to help students personify their own food portraits.
After looking at Arcimboldo's,
Vertumnus, students created their own food portraits with clay as seen in the example shown below.
The variety of ideas that comes from a single source of inspiration, is something of an intrigue to me. I hope you feel the same as this blog continues to highlight our classroom's continuous efforts..
