L6 Tools Part 2 - Project Brief

Apologies! We would have liked to publish this (part 2) of your Tools project some time ago. As we've mentioned we were hoping to undertake a collaborative public Art task as the culmination of this project, and we have been awaiting a brief to outline the client's wishes for this commission - unfortunately any further information about this task has not been forthcoming, so we are moving on to plan B. This requires you to conclude the project by constructing a fully 3 dimensional piece of abstract sculpture. If you read carefully you will notice that much of the work in the first half of the project has already been completed. 

ART & DESIGN DEPARTMENT – 

BTEC ASSIGNMENT BRIEF  

                                                                                           

Qualification	BTEC National Extended Diploma Art and Design
Unit Coverage	Induction and skills acquisition project - Work essential for your progression portfolio.
Assignment title	Tools Part 2
Teachers/Assessors	Mr. I. Bicknell/Mrs. V. Mason/Mrs. G. Bicknell/Mrs. J. Matthews/Mr. C. Bowles
Hand out date	September 2019
Hand in deadline	04 November 2019
Digital Response to Jasper Johns - Huw Williams Card Sculptural Outcome
Vocational Scenario or context	This project builds upon the skills and imagery that you have generated in Tools Part 1 and presents an opportunity to further develop your drawing, printing and mark-making, to come to a better understanding of colour and composition and to work in both controlled and expressive ways.  It also offers the opportunity to manipulate materials in the process of exploring 3 dimensional forms.  Tools Part 2 is divided into two sections. The first requires you to work in your sketchbooks to explore 2-dimensional space, form & line, layered shapes, mark-making, surface quality, colour, composition & layout and to develop an awareness of good design and composition using the shapes found within your tool imagery as a starting point. The second requires you to interpret your 2 dimensional designs/ images into 3 dimensional forms using abstraction and to explore the language, techniques and materials of 3 -dimensional design (3DD) and sculpture. In both sections you will study various artists in order to enhance your working practice and place the project into a relevant historical context. Materials, equipment & resources Pencil, fine-liner, biro, paint, pastel, collage, photo-shop, photocopy, acetate, ink, relief printing. Card, paper, glue guns etc. In addition to this brief please refer to https://btecartanddesignblog.blogspot.com/ for additional guidance throughout the project.
Task 1	·         Using pencil/fine-liner/biro or pen & ink, experiment with the tool forms as compositional elements to produce several different designs/images.  Start by using the tool outlines only and create several overlay examples (see Jasper Johns numbers). ·         You might return to photography to get additional images that focus on the forms found in your tools to help build your compositions. ·         Next explore more ideas based on your selected tools imagery by considering the following: changes of scale, symmetry & non-symmetry, positive and negative shapes and close cropping so that only part of the tool is visible. ·         Now start to play with some of this imagery by working into the negative and positive shapes with different types of mark making to create lively and interesting surface effects and a sense of depth and perspective. Your surfaces could be very expressive with an emphasis on fine art painting/ collage mark making etc or they could be more graphic.  Look at repetition and pattern, or combine both. An illusion of space can be created by considering the scale, weight and density of marks, and their relationship to areas of solid and void. ·         Produce research into Jasper Johns, this research should be presented carefully over at least 2 sketchbook pages, find relevant images of his work (the number overlay drawings and paintings) and analyse these alongside providing background information and a visual response in appropriate media.
Timescale for completion of this task:	Complete by Monday 24th September.
Assessment:	Weekly class crit, peer and teacher verbal feedback.
Task 2:	·         Select the strongest of your drawings and start to introduce colour. You may work on the whole design or take a section and enlarge it.  Explore the use of the following colour mediums: paint, oil pastel,  and mixed media collage. You will be shown any new techniques as you progress. ·         Explore your compositions by devoting some time to cutting and printing a detailed gold-card relief print. ·         Now take the development further: photocopy some of your images onto paper and acetate; play with scale, inversion etc. Look at cutting away, layering and overlay to create collages. Scan some of your images into the computer and manipulate further using PhotoShop.
Timescale for completion of this task:	By Monday 1st October
Assessment:	Weekly class crit, peer and teacher verbal feedback.
Task 3:	·         Look at the 3D relief sculptures of Frank Stella or Kevin Barrett and complete at least 2 pages of research that analyses specific works by one of them. ·         Using the work of Frank Stella/Kevin Barrett as inspiration take strong positive and negative shapes from your tool drawings/designs and then cut-out, raise and interlock shapes to produce a ‘relief’ version of your image from card. ·         Take a series of carefully lit photographs of your 3D relief piece and edit the best of these for inclusion in your sketchbook. ·         Developing from your relief make a series of design sketches exploring how you might develop the tool forms from your relief and drawings into fully 3 dimensional elements. These should be abstracted sections from your tools rather than trying to make full 3D reconstructions of the whole tool.
Timescale for completion of this task:	By Monday 8th September
Assessment:	Weekly class crit, peer and teacher verbal feedback.
Task  4:	·         You are now expected to produce a final, well finished 3 dimensional piece that will demonstrate a refined application of the materials and techniques that you have experimented with in the previous week. When you move into fully 3D construction the precision of your measuring, cutting and sticking becomes all important. You will need to ensure that your final piece works well from all angles. This sculpture should be no larger than approximately 60cm in any direction. ·         Ensure you obtain good photographs of your final piece and include these in your sketchbook. When taking these photos you should use a plain clean background and again consider lighting, viewpoint, details etc. ·         From the photos of your final sculpture complete a sustained tonal piece of drawing on a full page of your sketchbook. ·         Complete a word-processed project evaluation (further guidance on this will b issued).
Timescale for completion of this task:	Complete by Wednesday 24th October. Hand in for summative assessment.
Assessment:	Written feedback and indicative marks returned straight after half term.
Sources of information to support you with this Assignment	Refer to https://btecartanddesignblog.blogspot.com/ at regular intervals throughout the project for more detailed guidance on specific tasks, extension activities and useful links.