Self-Shape

Severn School

Severna Park, MD

Big Idea: Identity, Symbolism

Objective: Students will design and print a sculpture based on their answer to the question, “If you were a shape, what shape would you be?”

Materials: 3D Printing

Questions:

How does an idea translate from a digital design to a 3D form?

Why do artists use abstraction?

How do artists use symbolism to communicate ideas?

Artist Exemplars:

Tschabalala Self

Resource:

http://www.theartassignment.com/assignments/self-shape