Duane Hanson
Radiolarians
More images are available on the University of Bangor’s website: http://haeckel.bangor.ac.uk/
Proteus full film and writing assignment guidelines
Watch the film “Proteus”, which can be accessed by following this link: https://mediaspace.bucknell.edu/media/Proteus/1_5toom0ji
After watching “Proteus” please post a 200-word response to the class website in the writing assignment category that addresses the following questions:
- What did you learn from this film about radiolarians?
- What aspects of Haeckel’s life and work interested you most? Why?
- Did this film make you think differently about the relationship between art and science? Why and how?
- Proteus discusses a number of intellectual, philosophical, and historical issues related to Haeckel’s inquiries. Please describe the issues that you found most interesting, and share your own thoughts on these issues.
- There is deep conceptual significance “baked into” the act of studying and reproducing the radiolarians recorded in Haeckel’s drawings. Your projects are in dialogue with complex natural phenomena that are interwoven with history, intellectual paradigms, and Haeckel’s life. From your perspective, what are the conceptual implications of creating radiolarian sculptures based on Haeckel’s drawings?
- Please describe anything else about this film that you found interesting, surprising, or thought provoking.
* Note- Instructions on how to post to the class website are available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ywqUD2vhpKVhzGKGTVz8B-7966gc0LWR59JF_hw9F0U/edit
This assignment will count toward your Research Binder grade.
fall 2022 course materials and contact info
Course Materials
{ 1668# is the Sculpture Lab keypad code }
General course materials:
* Class Schedule * (lists due dates and class activities)
How to post materials on the class website
Instructions for submitting artsXpose
Sculpture Lab Safety Regulations
Art Report example and guidelines
Artist Presentation Guidelines
Project 1
Grading Rubric and Self-Evaluation Form for Project 1
Project 2
Project 2 Outline and Research Assignments (self-portrait)
Project 3
Project 3 Outline (Animal Intelligence)
Project 4
Project 5
Project 5 outline (Performative sculptures and earthworks)
Student contact info
Final projects – fall 2022
Radiolarian sculptures fall 2022
Steven Finke
Meshmixer final project – fall 2021
bronze projects – fall 2021
example of how to rough out proportions and form without getting too caught up in details
some useful general-to-specific head sculpting videos
Tip Toland Workshop — Sculpting a Clay Head
Images of Tip Toland’s artwork:
head sculpting timelapse
artsxpose Art21 option
In a typical semester, students enrolled in Drawing 1 and Sculpture 1 attend art events on campus in person to satisfy the artsxpose requirements. Because of COVID restrictions, most art events are canceled. In light of the limited options this semester students may satisfy an artsxpose requirement by watching an episode of Art21 and posting a written response. Instructions are below:
<2> After you’ve watched the episode, submit a thoughtful ~ 200-word response to the class website in the “artsxpose” category. Describe what was covered in the episode and tell what you found interesting, surprising, and/or challenging about it.
Students should satisfy two artsxpose requirements in the first half of the semester, and two in the second half. Watching one episode and submitting the written response counts for one artsxpose.
Midterm course evaluations
Project 2 collages – Joe Meiser
Selecting an artist for the Art Report and Artist Presentation
Select an artist from Professor Meiser’s list
Once you have made your selection, add the artist’s name to this document—each student should choose a different artist and selections will be made on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Examples of wire sculptures
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