What can you expect from your BTEC teacher?

• Professionalism – We will treat you as apprentices and will respect you as colleagues do in the workplace.

• Creativity – We will support you with your ideas and will support you in achieving your designs.

• Meeting Deadlines – We will inform you of deadlines and will remind you when they are due.

• Independent work – We will set appropriate homework that will help you achieve a high standard of work. We will work with you during tutorials to both come to an agreement of tasks that are relevant to your project.

Our expectations of a Year 11 BTEC student.

• Professionalism – we are teaching you how to be a designer. We expect you to act like one.

• Creativity – There are no limits with the variety of methods you can use to create exciting work.

• Meeting Deadlines – Meeting deadlines is essential for achieving. You will not pass units if they are handed in late.

• Independent work – Research, drawings, practical work… all work that you do in your own time is essential for your achievement.

Unit 3 & 1 – 3D and Contextual Studies Year 11 Art BTEC: Green Planet Sculpture

Scenario An environmental charity is developing a campaign to raise awareness of the limit to the world’s resources. Artists and designers have been asked to develop a sculpture made from recycled materials for an exhibition that aims to promote awareness about recycling, sustainable living and eco – friendly practices.

What is sculpture?

Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork .

Sculpture can be made by shaping solid materials such as....

metalclay

wood

stone ice

...or by putting materials together.

What has the artist used to make these sculptures?

Sculpture is often about the human body.

...but it can be about anything.

Even food...as in these sculptures by

Claes Oldenburg

Sculpture is usually large...

Wow,That’s huge!

Angel of the North-by Antony Gormley

...but it can be tiny.

Do you have to be good at painting and drawing to make a sculpture?

...not really! All you need is your imagination.

I think this will make a brilliant

castle...or maybe....

Is sculpture always made of hard materials like wood and stone?

No...sculpture can be made out of anything...

They don’t have to be solid

wire

Melting man byNele Azevedo

Why do you think the artist chose this material?

Guillaume Raymond's ‘transformers’

Why do you think this sculpture is called transformers?

Doris Sacedo’s ‘chairs’... 1550 to be precise!

What would you think if you saw this in the street?

‘The Great Swallow’ By

Benjamin Verdoucks.

What does this sculpture mean to you?

Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped Islands and buildings in silk

Why do you think they have done this?

Remember ...

...all it takes...

...is...

...your...

...imagination!

What has Romuald Hazoume made these masks from?

What resources do we use that are provide by nature?

How could you use sculpture to raise awareness of the limits of the earths resources?

What do we mean by recycling,

sustainable living and eco – friendly practices?

Watch these videos

What is ‘World Overshoot’?

What eco-friendly practices should we promote?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9T3gUSH3d4&safe=active

Homework

• Create a moodboard of images that show SCULPTURE made using RECYCLED MATERIALS.

• Include the artists names and title of the work.

• This homework should be in colour and should include at least 10 – 15 images.

• Remember to look at www.ricardslodgeart.weebly.com or links and tips.

Nele Azevedo

Melting Men

Other artists to search for;Michelle Stitzlein (Butterflies)

Yuken Teruya