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Unit: Pop Art Movement

Project: Food Sculpture

Featured Artist: Wayne Thiebaud

Objectives:
1. Learn how to make an armature for a sculpture.
2. Recognize and describe the style of Wayne Thiebaud.
3. Identify the media, tools, techniques, and processes used in sculpting.
4. Recognize techniques of additive sculpture.

Materials Provided:
• Foil
• Wooden tools for sculpting
• Sculpey Sampler pack
• Paper to draw different views of the sculpture.

Materials Needed:
Oven to bake the sculptures or the students can do it at home.
Pencils

Vocabulary:
1. Armature: a framework around which a sculpture is built.
2. Additive sculpture: the process of adding small amounts of material at a time to build up a sculpture.
3. Three?]dimensional: an object or figure containing three dimensions such as width, length and depth.

Motivation:
1. Show and discuss examples of prints from Wayne Thiebaud that use food as subject matter.
2. Note that there was a difference between pop artists and Thiebaud. Pop artists did not reflect their personal hand; they used an impersonal approach whereas Thiebaud loved the manipulation of paint on his canvas and gave a more personal touch.
3. Explain that they will be making an additive sculpture, which is when you add material to a sculpture not take it away. They will be mimicking the subject matter of Thiebaud’s work and not his painting style.

Instruction:

1. Have the students think about what foods they like to eat and what foods they do not like to eat.

2. Have them draw the two foods on to the handout. Ask the students to draw the food showing a front, back, side, and top view. Tell them that it does not have to be a detailed drawing it is more of a tool to help them see things in 3D.






3. Once they are done with their drawings have them (with your help) decide which one would make a better sculpture.

4. Pass out sheets of foil to each student. This will be used for the armature for the sculpture, which is the underlining or skeleton for the sculpture.






5. Have the students crumble the foil into the basic shape of the sculpture. Pass out more if needed but try to have them make the sculpture small so that they don’t use all of one color of the sculpey. They will share with each other.





6. Open a box of sculpey and have students decide on colors that they will use for their sculpture. Once they have decided on a color, cut off chunks so that others can also use that color.






7. Have the students flatten their sculpey with their fingers or one of the rounded sticks provided. Drape the sculpey over the foil and smooth it to the foil.





8. Take other colors of sculpey to add details that will make it look more realistic.

9. Read the directions on the back of the box of the sculpey for baking directions. Heat them if you have access to an oven. If not pass the directions on to the students so that they can do it at home.






Evaluation:
1. Used an armature successfully?
2. Able to describe Wayne Thiebaud’s style?
3. Able to describe what an additive scul
4. Created a successful sculpture?



 
 




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