I don't think instant is quite the word to describe my sculpture. This was quite the task. First of all, thinking about what type of sculpture I should make and which materials I would include was hard enough. I was inspired by a movie where I wanted to make a sculpture to represent an individual from the movie. But I guess my man made of money could represent any man (made of money).
Getting to the torso and building the arms outward was very difficult. I watched my sculpture fall to pieces on more than one occasion. One time I knocked the table, that was my fault. But it seemed that gusts of wind were coming out of nowhere knocking my friend over. Here are some pictures of the process and my final product!
Right from the beginning of my creation, I knew what my art word of the week was going to be: Mass and Volume. Schirrmacher and Fox (2009) define this as "criteria for critiquing three-dimensional art, which has height, length, and width" (p142) and "can be portrayed as solid, geometric or organic, static or dynamic, angular or curved, or hard or soft" (page 142). While creating my money man, I was using different coins in different patterns creating a three-dimensional scultupe. It not only had to do with making it look nice, but also figuring out which coins worked best for certain parts of the body. Trying to figure out how to put the head together was the most difficult part. When the sculpture fell apart (three times) when I reached the head, I really had to use what was left of my frustrated brain cells to figure out how it would stay up. Needless to say, many hours later I managed to complete my sculpture and get a picture of it before he collapsed again!
This is also an activity that can be done with children. You don't need to have them create something exactly the same as an example. Children need to express their creativity in many ways. If they're making a sculpture, allow them to use a variety of materials and let them create whatever they feel. All children have different experiences and perceive things differently. Having them create something that looks exactly like an example they're working off of does not allow them to make decisions, problem-solve, and pick what they truly like.
Schirrmacher, R., & Fox, J.E. (2009). Art and creative development for young children (6th Ed.). Belmont,CA: Delmar
This is also an activity that can be done with children. You don't need to have them create something exactly the same as an example. Children need to express their creativity in many ways. If they're making a sculpture, allow them to use a variety of materials and let them create whatever they feel. All children have different experiences and perceive things differently. Having them create something that looks exactly like an example they're working off of does not allow them to make decisions, problem-solve, and pick what they truly like.
References:
Schirrmacher, R., & Fox, J.E. (2009). Art and creative development for young children (6th Ed.). Belmont,CA: Delmar
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