Found Object Sculpture

Found Object Sculpture

Art materials and supplies can be very costly, but your students don't always need buy expansive art supplies in order to make interesting works of art.  Students can find objects at home or at thrift stores that can be used to create amazing artworks.  If you're introducing your students to 3D design and Sculpture you may want to do a Found Object assignment where they go out and find materials to create their own sculpture.  

A fun thing you could do with your students is take them to a local thrift or antique store.  Discuss with your students about how they should consider some of the principles of design when looking for their found objects such as Texture, Form, Variety.  Once students have picked their objects they can brainstorm and sketch out how they want to assemble their objects together.  If you're unable to take students to a thrift store, you may want to consider taking them outside and having them find found objects in nature.  

Another found object assignment you can do with your students is making Phone Book Tube sculptures.  With this assignment you have your students roll up Phone Book pages.  Students can create cool , intricate forms using the rolled up Phone Book pages.  They can cut and glue the paper to create their forms.  The paper forms can be mounted to a piece of foam board or they can also be turned into mobile sculptures that can be hung from the ceiling.  The students can also paint on the paper and can add elements to their sculptural forms.