Objective:
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To explore 3 dimensional positive and negative space using a variety of materials.
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Goal
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That students may consider space not as a void but as an integral part of the whole.
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Materials
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Wood blocks, ball, boxes, juice cans, malleable wire, screen (regular window screen available at hardware stores).
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Procedure
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Point out to the students that we draw on a 2 dimensional surface. Here wire will be used as if it were a drawn line drawing in space.
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1. Explore the outside of the objects by wrapping the wire around them. Remove the object to observe the shape of the space now represented by the wire.
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2. Explore the inside of the object with the wire. Remove the wire to observe its shape.
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3. Use the screen repeating #1 and #2.
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4. Place two objects a few inches apart. Use one length of wire to explore the outsides of the two objects keeping them apart. Explore the insides, explore one inside, 1 outside.
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5. Continue the process, carry the wire beyond the object to continue the implied shape of the space.
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This exercise can go on have students bring interesting objects for exploration. Terrific sculpture can result which may be permanently mounted to a block of wood.
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From:
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Rowland, Kurt.
Learning to See Book IV Rhythm
. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1971.
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This superb series is well worth tracking down. There are five books and workbooks and teachers guide.-
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