Name sculpture

3D Name Sculpture The first project I had my students do was a 3D name sculpture. This was the inspiration for the project (scro...

Having an hour and a half (give or take) makes it SO much better to get in depth with our projects! Yesterday half were working one project and the other half worked on their name sculptures! And I…

This is the first lesson in a series of lessons where students will use the letters of their names to create 3-d sculptures.

Watch this video for some techniques on how to create a cardboard sculpture. In particular, observe how the SLOT technique (01:52 onwards) is used.

@Rana Rankin Rankin Rankin ita Robinett maybe you could do this with the words 3D Art for our 3D art shelf???

These are pretty self-explanatory. Students, who had practiced expressive lettering styles in a previous lesson, wrote their name on a long piece of paper. They filled their letters with color and pattern and cut each letter out then flipped the letters over to decorate the other side. The criteria was to create a sculpture of at least 8 letters, so some students wrote their names 2 times. Others got creative and added symbols to meet the 8 character criteria. They were required to use the…

This term year 9 have been looking into graffiti and lettering. For this lesson the students came to the lesson having developed their own lettering for homework and then in class they drew out eac…

3D Name Sculpture The first project I had my students do was a 3D name sculpture. This was the inspiration for the project (scroll down). I was very impressed with the outcome. My students' sculptures came out great - especially since it was the first project of the year. First I had my students type out their name using different fonts. I recommended they use thicker fonts that would make a better base. Next I had my students draw out the letters, sketching them lightly in case they needed…

Finally! I have promised for weeks and now to celebrate the start of the new school year I present....recycled 3-D letters. Last spring I wanted a project that was 3-D and did not require me to buy any supplies. Earlier in the year I had found pictures of cool 3-D letters from Wilmington Middle School. I could tell they were paper machie and cardboard. That was all I could find out. So I experimented and figured out a way to make the letters and did the project with my class. NOW, before I…