The Process
Step Four
The Scale Game
Architects and artists build scale models as you saw in some of the proposals you read. It will help you in making your art proposal to build a scale model of the site where your public art will be. Having a scale model allows you to test ideas in a small version first.In step three you took measurements of the site. You will need to build a model that will fit on a 36" table top.
How do you convert your measurements for the site to fit on a table top?
For example: the little sock monkey is 4" high. If it takes 5 little sock monkeys to equal 1 big sock monkey how high is the big sock monkey?
If the little sock monkey is a scale model how many inches does 1" (on the little sock monkey) equal on the big sock monkey?
If you are making a plan to create a public artwork for a park 53 feet long x 30 feet wide and you need to make the model fit on a table 36" x 20" yet be as large as possible, what length will 1 foot in your model equal? 1"? 3/4"? 1/2"? 1/4"?
Building your model
Elevated Prairie East Austin Police Substation & Forensics Lab
Elevated Prairie East Austin Police Substation & Forensics Lab
Artists and architects use a variety of materials to build scale models of their work. What material did Legge Lewis Legge use to represent prairie grass in their model?
Materials you may want to use to construct your site model might include: foam core, mat board, fabric, string, wire, balsa wood. What materials will you need? How can your team work together to build a model?
Practice Brainstorming
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein
Before coming up with your team's idea for a 3-D public artwork it's time to practice brainstorming. When you are finish with this activity you can download your own Creativity Diploma.
THE FOUR SIMPLE RULES OF BRAINSTORMING
1) There are no bad ideas!
2) The more outrageous the ideas, the better!
3) Quantity is more important than quality.
4) Borrowing ideas and adding something new is encouraged.
Take the creative challenge! Get a big sheet of butcher paper and with your team, write down as many ideas as you can!
Challenge One:
From how many different materials, recycled or almost free, can you make sculpture?
Challenge Two:
How many different ways can you make sculpture have motion?
Challenge Three:
Draw as many different images as you can think of that represent things important to students at your school.
Now that you've practiced brainstorming, download your Creativity Diploma. You are ready to move on to Step Five, the Charrette.