De-Reconstruct Project
De/ReConstruct AP Studio
In another work, “Lincoln in Metal”, John visually poses the question: “What would Lincoln think of the current world if he was reincarnated today?”. This is a heavily textured work built up in many layers. Layering is not so much a reflection of conscious technique as it is a reflection of sub-conscious process. It is like an internal dialogue on the subject. Ideas are entertained, modified, rejected, accepted, and finalized. Only, instead of a verbal dialogue, in this case it is a visual dialogue. And, the layers of the re-worked surface are the wake it leaves in the water
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b. 1957, Houston, TX
Lives and works in Houston, TX
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b. Phoenix, AZ
Lives in Seattle, WA
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PROCESS: No research (Inspiration Board) due for this Project
Drawing
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Found Image Drawing
Create an abstract mixed media drawing on top of an existing image. Sand off 3/4 of the printed area in a creative way to expose the white surface underneath using intentional marks. Consider movement, pattern, balance, and space. Use ink to add lines, texture, and imagery on top of the new surface. Reconstruct the composition showing your style, original mark making, and subject matter. You may add a light wash of gesso at the end of day one to use 6B pencil for blending and contrast.
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2D Design
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Found Image Design
Create an abstract design on top of an existing image. Sand off 3/4 of the printed area in a creative way to expose the white surface underneath using intentional marks. Consider movement, pattern, balance, and space. Use ink to draw on top of the new surface, recreating the composition with your style and original composition. You may also layer lines and marks of Elmers glue to build up higher areas, add paper, and/or photo cut-outs.
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3D Design
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Found Image Design
Reconstruct existing objects into a new aesthetic form using 3 styrofoam cups, 5 wood sticks, and black pens. Create slots to attach multiple pieces and take care of craftsmanship. This 3D sculpture must be abstract – either nonrepresentational or using simplified/distorted imagery. The original materials should be unrecognizable by the end of the process.
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- Problem Solving, Originality, Risk Taking
- Work Ethic, Timely Completion, + Self-Assessment
- Composition: Design Elements & Principles
- Craftsmanship + Technique
ASSESSMENT | Deconstruct Reconstruct AP STUDIO
DIRECTIONS: Upon completion of your work, fill out the following self-critique to be submitted with each assignment. Circle your performance rating on the rubric.
GRADING RUBRIC
EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
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MEETS EXPECTATIONS
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APPROACHES EXPECTATIONS
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BELOW EXPECTATIONS
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DESIGN QUALITY
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Uniquely utilizes given design concepts
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Utilizes given design concepts
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Insufficiently utilizes some design concepts
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Incomplete
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CREATIVITY + RISK TAKING
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Work is distinctly original in terms of concept, process, or materials used
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Work demonstrates some originality of concept, process, or materials used
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Work is cliché, basic, or does not demonstrate inventiveness from the artist
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Incomplete
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CRAFT + TECHNIQUE
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Extraordinary or proficient level of technique + craft
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Sufficient level of technique + craft
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Mediocre or inferior level of technique + craft
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Incomplete
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WORK ETHIC, COMPLETION + ASSESSMENT
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Performs beyond expected time in and out of class to complete work and assessment on time
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Works daily + out of class to complete work on time Completed assessment
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Works occasionally, did not complete work on time, or self-assess finished product
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Incomplete
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Design Quality – The elements of art and principles of design are utilized successfully; there is strong evidence of the artists’ plan or organization of thought, and the basic assignment criteria are met or exceeded.
Creativity + Risk Taking– The work is conceptually innovative, the materials used, or the process of creating the work are inventive, the subject + process push the artist’s comfort zone, or the work is simply quite original.
Craft + Technique – Time and care are taken to create a piece that feels finished and is well made – it doesn’t seem to the viewer that the work was hastily created without much thought or intention.
Deconstruct Reconstruct
1. Keep going you know what you are doing.
2. Look for the accidental line and shapes are created as you are working.
3. Similar to watercolor, when making a mark, do not be afraid of covering it up.
4. The process is forgiving.
5. Do not get to attached to what you8 have done at the beginning of the process.
6. Scaffolding assignment to get students understanding an abstraction.
7. Exploration of process.
8. Process of subtraction and addition.
9. Reflection, morphing from the original instruction and working from that point.
10. If overworked, the process can begin over again.
11. Encourages students to trust a process over following a rigid set of criteria. Mistakes can be resanded, evolutionary.
12. Art is about problem solving, does not always have to be realistic.
13. Students have a love of the realistic, don’t be afraid to move away from that.
14. Everyone wants to create with intent, however the finished product can be the process.
15. Focus on different elements/principles.
16. Select a dominate color from the image provided and work with that dominate color into one color harmony.
17. Using only the eye, work away from that image to create new meaning.
18. Use the sketchbook to develop the various processes.
19. Consider all angles. Ex. Overlapping, turning the paper around, do not work on one view.
20. Focus on organic or geometric nature of the piece as it develops.
Image transfer over the reworked image. Or overlays with vellum.
21. Create an opaque/ semi-transparent layer/page through vegetable oil/canola, etc. Spread on a sheet of copy paper, magazine/clay coated, vellum, not a thick paper; let dry; draw back into it as an overlay.
22. Focus as a style from art history, artist,…
23. Altered book as pages glued down.
24. Make a viewfinder, find a section of the catalog page/original image, expand a version of what the viewfinder revealed.
25. Begin to subtract shapes from the original, add shapes or use cut shapes as a monotype to print over the original.
26. Try using literary art magazines from school as a base.
27. Use old posters…large or cut up. Kws, street artist using sections of posters taken down, repurposed, put back up.
28. Using Gothic art, make your own illuminated manuscript taken from the text of the catalog/elaboration from the original text.
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