Student Work Portfolio for Teaching
ART 272 C – Introduction to 3D4M: Sculpture
Autumn Quarter 2021 at the University of Washington, Seattle
Project 1 - Woodshop Container
For the first project, we entered the wood shop to work with plywood and the equipment provided by the university. Students had to incorporate at least 3 different wood shop techniques in the creation of their containers. The students also had to consider the relationship between the interior and exterior of their container, both physically and conceptually. We also explored surface design, where they could only leave natural wood showing if it was conceptually pertinent.
Project 2 - Mold Making
For this project, we had 3 separate mold making processes that contributed to 3 class collaborative works.
Part A was alginate mold making where students were asked to record the alginate process with a friend whose finger they were casting. These videos were displayed alongside the plaster casts.
Part B was two-part plaster mold making of fruits and squash. The casts were poured with pigment to create pastel colored fruits that were then added to the collective fruit basket.
Part C was relief sculpture out of plasticine that was then created into a 12” x 12” tile to be added to a floor installation of the tiles.
Project 3 - Interloper
Guest artist Interloper joint taught this last project. Interloper is an art duo whose recent project focused on “saying the things you aren’t supposed to say". The students were asked to create a proposal for an artwork that answered the question “What is something that you aren’t supposed to say?” The final presentation included sketches, PowerPoints, songs, maquettes, and anything else the student needed to best communicate their project.
ART 272 C – Introduction to 3D4M: Sculpture
Winter Quarter 2019 at the University of Washington, Seattle
Project 1 - Wire
For the first project, I took students to a thrift store where they were given a minuscule budget to purchase an object to which they were drawn. From here, they made 2D drawings from multiple perspectives. Using these drawings, they were tasked to create a 3D wire object while incorporating 1 other material of their choice.
Project 2 - Collaboration
For the second project, the students collaborated with both a partner and a tree on campus. The partners chose a tree and were tasked to create a piece that would be installed as a partner to the tree—and installed in a way that wouldn’t harm the tree. We began this series with a tour of trees across campus by the campus Arborist. In hindsight, this project would have been more successful if it had (1) not been in the winter and (2) the students had learned more technical and material skills.
Project 3 - Alginate Mold Making
In this project, students created a mold of either their hand or foot using the alginate mold-making technique. The positive was made out of poured plaster. The concept of the project was “Hard & Soft”, so the students needed to consider the hardness of the plaster with a soft material, as well as soft versus hard regarding conceptual material.
Project 4 - Woodshop Container
For the final project of the quarter, we entered the wood shop to work with plywood and the equipment provided by the university. Students had to incorporate at least 3 different wood shop techniques in the creation of their containers. The students also had to consider the relationship between the interior and exterior of their container, both physically and conceptually.
ART & Faith 301
Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 at Servant Church in Austin, TX
In this course, for two semesters, I taught a small group of 8 total individuals who wanted to explore their faith through the lens of art. The curriculum was modeled after college course curriculum, where we had three projects, each built with a lecture, office hours, and presentation of work over the course of four weeks per project. Here are the topics we explored: Work, Labor, & Calling; Suffering; Purpose of Life; Separation and Unity with God; and Shame. With each project, I led a lecture that was rooted in art history, church history, and cultural context for different project topics. During the lectures, I utilized both group conversation and journaling as a method to encourage reflection and learning for extroverts and introverts alike.
Below are selected projects that were created during the Spring 2016 course:
