Sarah Worth

Curriculum Project Example

Found Object Sculpture

High School

	Art I	Art II	Art III
Title	Design From Word Play	Identity in Packages	Famous Artist Chair
Objectives	Disparate word combinations can be used to stimulate imagery.	The concept of “commercial packaging” can be used to symbolize and parody human affairs.	Students will create a tribute to a famous artist and portray it on an old chair.
Description	Combine two words, an adverb and a noun (i.e. bandaged tricycle). Use 3-D found objects to create a sculpture based on word play.	Students will collect images and objects that signify the concept and seal them inside a clear plastic container.	Students will work in pairs to turn an old chair into a work of art based on a famous artist/movement.
Materials	3-D found objects and mixed media	Found objects, collage, polyethylene plastic, mixed media	Old chairs, acrylic paint, white primer, brushes
Artist/ References	“Design Synectics” p.66 Jean Tinguely Jeff Koons	Jein Walden “Packaged Identities” “Design Synectics” p.120 Andy Warhol-consumerism/commercialism	“From Ordinary to Extraordinary” p.116-119 Alice Aycock Jean Tinguely