Project Description:
Art of adornment, specifically rings, have been used historically to symbolize meaningful relationships. For this artwork, you will be choosing the person in this world you feel the deepest unbreakable connection to and designing a ring that visually commemorates an experience you shared with them.
Project Requirements:
For this artwork you will be creating one ring or a pair of rings to represent your shared experience. The ring must be a band ring fitted to the finger of your choice and must be made using techniques of sawing, filing, sanding, patina, and soldering. Your design can be simple involving only one band incorporating positive and negative space, or complex involving riveted or soldered layers of metal or patina or other surface design elements.
Inquiry Questions:
____/ 30: Planning and Ideation: This should all be documented in your digital portfolio:
Student has created a Project page labeled "Shared Experience Rings" which documents their brainstorming, design sketches, works in progress, final products, and written reflections through photos and written responses.
Images are clear and readable to viewers and documentation is thoughtfully designed to lead to viewer through your artistic process.
Reflection: I have responded to the following questions on my digital portfolio to reflect on my artwork:
What symbols did you choose to represent your shared experience? How did you incorporate these symbols into the final design of your ring?
How does the design of your ring visually communicate information about the shared experience it represents?
What part of the process of ring formation did you find most challenging? How did you overcome this challenge?
What is your favorite aspect of your ring, conceptually or physically? That is, what about it's concept or design appeals to you most?
____/10 Studio Habits:
Art of adornment, specifically rings, have been used historically to symbolize meaningful relationships. For this artwork, you will be choosing the person in this world you feel the deepest unbreakable connection to and designing a ring that visually commemorates an experience you shared with them.
Project Requirements:
For this artwork you will be creating one ring or a pair of rings to represent your shared experience. The ring must be a band ring fitted to the finger of your choice and must be made using techniques of sawing, filing, sanding, patina, and soldering. Your design can be simple involving only one band incorporating positive and negative space, or complex involving riveted or soldered layers of metal or patina or other surface design elements.
Inquiry Questions:
- How do objects tell stories? How can a hand-crafted object evoke a memory or shared experience?
- What person in this world do you share an unbreakable bond or connection with?
- What important memory or experience have you shared with them? Why was this experience important?
- How can you visually represent this memory in ring that commemorates your shared experience? (sketches of symbols and final ring designs.)
____/ 30: Planning and Ideation: This should all be documented in your digital portfolio:
- Students has recorded a list of 3 people in their life with whom they have the deepest connections.
- Student has brainstormed a list of at least 3 experiences they shared with one of these people and has explained why those memories stand out.
- Student has chosen one of these shared experiences to focus on and has written the story of this memory from their perspective.
- Students has created a list of the ten most important concepts or elements about this shared experience and has brainstormed symbols that could represent each of these elements.
- Student has created sketches of 3 of these symbols and developed 3 sketches that combine two or more of the symbols they sketched from their list.
- Artist has demonstrated skills of sawing, filing, sanding, patina, soldering, and band ring formation.
- Artist has used previously learned metalsmithing techniques to create a work of art that visually represents a shared experience.
- Artist has demonstrated attention to craftsmanship and correct application of learned techniques and skills. Ring fits the intended finger, edges and negative spaces are properly filed, metal is properly sanded and finished.
- Ring joint is properly soldered- joint is flush, solder fills joint completely and the joint is almost invisible due to filing and sanding.
- Artist has included at least three areas of negative space in final design.
Student has created a Project page labeled "Shared Experience Rings" which documents their brainstorming, design sketches, works in progress, final products, and written reflections through photos and written responses.
Images are clear and readable to viewers and documentation is thoughtfully designed to lead to viewer through your artistic process.
Reflection: I have responded to the following questions on my digital portfolio to reflect on my artwork:
What symbols did you choose to represent your shared experience? How did you incorporate these symbols into the final design of your ring?
How does the design of your ring visually communicate information about the shared experience it represents?
What part of the process of ring formation did you find most challenging? How did you overcome this challenge?
What is your favorite aspect of your ring, conceptually or physically? That is, what about it's concept or design appeals to you most?
____/10 Studio Habits:
- Persistence and effective use of class time is always demonstrated.
- Materials are always properly used and cared for.
- Work area is always cleaned up at the end of each studio session.
- Come prepared with all needed supplies. (i.e. Sketchbook, laptop)
- Participate in class discussions in a thoughtful way.
Shared Experience Rings Lesson Plan | |
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Shared Experience Rings Power Point | |
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