Lesson Plan
Concept: Redefining Junk: Assemblage Sculpture with Found Objects
Concept Questions:
What is assemblage?
What are found objects?
What is sculpture?
How can objects be seen as and used in a new way?
Enduring Art Understandings:
Art has multiple definitions that change over time.
Art is a reflection of time, place and culture.
Art making is about explorations, asking questions, and problem solving.
Art making is about experimenting and risk taking with ideas and art materials.
Essential Lesson Questions:
How can found objects be used to create sculpture?
What problems need to be solved in order to do this?
Pre-Assessment:
Through questioning before and during PowerPoint presentation, student
knowledge of sculpture and assemblage will be ascertained.
Ongoing Assessment:
Students are learning to view everyday objects in a new way.
Students are learning critical thinking and problem solving in the process of
creating.
Students are learning to use tools and methods they may not have encountered
in the past.
Summative Assessment:
Students will learn to consider the principles of design and elements of art in
creating a 3-D work.
Students will learn that art can be created from anything.
Students will learn that art is a reflection and a part of the time in which it is
created.
VB Objectives/SOL’s
AI.6 Students will produce works of art that demonstrate an understanding of 2D and 3-D art media, with emphasis on drawing, painting and sculpture.
AI.10 Student will demonstrate skill in preparing and displaying works of art.
AI.20 The student will critique works of art with reference to the elements of art
and the principles of design.
Ai.25 The student will classify works of art as representational, abstract,
nonobjective, and/or conceptual.
AI.30 The student will study and describe the aesthetic properties found in works
of art.
Vocabulary
Sculpture - a three-dimensional work of art that can be sculpted, constructed,
carved, modeled
In the Round - viewed from all sides
Assemblage - three-dimensional composition made of various objects
Found Object - object not intended as a work of art
Form -- element of art that is three dimensional and has height, width and
depth (as opposed to a two-dimensional object which has shape but not form)
Shape -- element of art – enclosed space, may have a 3-D appearance but is
actually 2-D.
Space -- an element of art that refers to the distance or area between, around,
above or below things.
Texture -- an element of art, the surface quality or feel of an object, rough,
smooth, etc.
Addititive sculpture – adding to the sculpture to create
Subtractive sculpture – taking away material, as in stone carving
Asymmetry – If there were an imaginary line down the center of an object, both
sides of the line would be different.
Balance – Arrangement using symmetry and asymmetry.
Composition- organization of subject(s) in artwork
Rhythm – reoccurring pattern, shape, idea, etc.
Symmetry- Something is the same on both sides.
Unity- Appearing to be one; a way to make things that don’t look like they go
together appear like they were meant to go together.
Materials
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Hand drills
Drill bits
Glue and wood glue
Hot glue sticks
hot glue guns
Duct Tape
Newspaper
Hammers
Screw drivers
Screws and nails
Scissors
Wire
pliers
Paint
Paint brushes
found objects
safety goggles
sand paper
plastic bags
Advanced Organization
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organize found objects
arrange stations for methods demonstration
arrange tools
set up projector
Set up glue guns
Arrange space for storage between classes
Write objectives on the board
Sequence of Teaching
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students will be given an overview of lesson. They will be asked to write
the following objectives in their sketchbooks:
--Choose a medium to work in – metal, wood, paper, plastic (can
also be mixed media)
--Select some basic materials from those available in the
classroom.
--Use methods of affixing objects with attention to craftsmanship.
Create a dynamic additive sculpture remembering that it is viewed
in the round. It must reflect the elements of art and principles of
design.
--Supplement the supplies available with other objects from home
based on your consideration of what your work needs.
--Finish the piece by creating a unified work, possibly including
painting.
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Lesson will begin with a brief review of relevant vocabulary.
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A PowerPoint presentation of late 19th century sculpture to the present,
interspersed with questions about elements of art and principles of design,
will occur as well as a review of the relevant art movements shown.
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Students will be shown a sample of an assemblage and a color handout
will be passed around with other works as a means to inspire ideas about
how others have used various materials.
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A brief discussion and look at the items will include:
 types of objects
 wood, metal, wire, paper
 rhythm in shapes
 ideas for different materials
 several ways of approaching the problem: deciding on an object to
make vs. allowing the objects to influence your thinking
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A demonstration on methods of affixing will be given to include:
--Using a drill and how to change the drill bits.
--Safety concerns
--Pliers and wire cutters.
--Sharp objects
--Affixing to plastic and the use of sandpaper
--Decisions in using glue versus nails/screws
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After everyone has chosen, students will begin working.
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Students will be permitted to view the objects and take a small selection of
items to start.
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Individual assistance and guidance will be given throughout noting
successful works at various stages.
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At the end of each session, students will be given 20 minutes before the
end of the period to check tools in, clean up, and put their unused items in
a plastic bag with a name written on the bag for storage.
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On the last day of the lesson a critique will take place requiring students to
comment on the work using appropriate vocabulary.