Composition of Cubes

The tutorials of the summer term lead us from first graphic idea sketches over design drawings and a three-dimensional modell to the final abstract sculpture.

We orientate ourselves at the traditional Bauhaus Lessons and the present knowledge of Gestalt Psychology (Professor Rudolf Arnheim, Harvard University and University of Michigan).

Phase 1: Sketch and Design

using a pencil we study and develope

_ the cube as a three-dimensional element

_ the composition, as a relationship of the parts to the whole

_ different principles of order and individual design approaches

Phase 2: 3D-Modell

creating a three-dimensional clay modell we experience

_ mass and volume

_ dimension and proportion

_ statics und dynamics

Phase 3: Stone Sculpture

shaping the soap stone block manually we learn about

_ the characteristics of the material

_ the sculpture as a subtractive working process

_ the dynamics of space and volume

_ the expression of material, form and surface

Requirements:

_ Poster (Describing the individual learning process)
_ Stone Sculpture

Prof. Andreas Theurer