Year 8 - Art and design
Exploring memory through the world of assemblage
Collage and Assemblage: sustainable materials
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Unit Summary
Pupils will develop their collaging skills and showcase their strengths. They will learn about the different between using the metholody as part of the process or as the technique. They will explore how to place images together and develop compositional skills as well as be playful with ideas.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create an assemblage artwork that explores memory by selecting and arranging found materials.
Key Notes
- Assemblage involves creating a composition by using found materials. It can be seen as a 3D collage.
- Assembling objects together creates a story which can explore our history.
- By using materials that represent different facets of your life experiences is a form of documentation.
Vocabulary To Learn
- assemblage: everyday objects brought together to create meaning
- found objects: items that are not designed for the purpose of making art, but have been collected from more random sources
- association: a connection we make in our minds between ideas or things, based on something they have in common
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Assemblage has to look like a recognisable scene to share meaning with the audience.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Assemblage involves creating a composition by using found materials. It can be seen as a 3D collage. Assembling objects together creates a story which can explore our history.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'assemblage'
everyday objects brought together to create meaning.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Assemblage has to look like a recognisable scene to share meaning with the audience. Correction: Meaning can be represented through objects, textures, and symbols. The way objects are arranged, and their relationships to each other can all convey emotions, experiences, and personality traits. Assemblage is about meaning, not just likeness.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Creating and refining an abstract collage Study Guide
- Developing and refining collages to represent home. Study Guide
- Exploring collage and composition through portraits Study Guide
- Planning and developing collage inspired by our hobbies and interests Study Guide
- Playing with collaging and relief through landscape Study Guide
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