Year 10 - Art and design
3D design: the influence of sources on your investigations
3D Design
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Unit Summary
This is a teacher led unit which introduces to pupils to the skills within their endorsements. Through a series of workshop activities, students experiment with a range of materials and techniques. They develop a range of studies exploring mark making media, print and mixed media.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify and apply influences from sources to create original 3D work.
Key Notes
- By utilising a wide range of source materials, sculptors enrich their creative processes, resulting in dynamic designs.
- Exploring sources introduces sculptors to various styles, concepts, and cultural influences, fostering creativity.
Vocabulary To Learn
- source: the starting point or inspiration for design
- context: the cultural, historical, or social background of a source
- transforming: the process of changing a source into a new textile design
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- A source is just something to copy.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
By utilising a wide range of source materials, sculptors enrich their creative processes, resulting in dynamic designs. Exploring sources introduces sculptors to various styles, concepts, and cultural influences, fostering creativity.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'source'
the starting point or inspiration for design.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: A source is just something to copy. Correction: Sources are not meant to be copied. They act as a starting point for creativity. Designers explore a source's shapes, patterns, colours, or meanings and reinterpret them to create original work that reflects their own ideas and context.
More Lessons In This Unit
- 3D design: an introduction to the areas of study Study Guide
- 3D Design: building with cardboard Study Guide
- 3D Design: clay construction techniques Study Guide
- 3D Design: clay surface techniques Study Guide
- 3D Design: form, structure and surface texture Study Guide
- 3D Design: found materials Study Guide
- 3D Design: introduction to the principles of sculpture Study Guide
- 3D Design: plaster casting Study Guide
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