WIRE - INFO & ARTISTS

Before beginning a sculpture, you should always be considering the following 3 components, which will inform your process of construction. Sculptures are meant to be seen from multiple sides (if not ALL sides), so an artist needs to consider that fact.

 

Space: The dimensions of height, width and depth, where all things exist.

Mass/Volume: The amount of space an object takes up.

Form: The visible space and arrangement of something.

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Wire: Metal drawn out into the form of a thin flexible thread or rod - thickness varies, and is measured in gauges – the smaller the number, the thicker the wire.

Below are image examples of artworks created from wire, showing varying methods of developing forms.

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Barbara Sorensen

Martin Senn

David Olieveira

David Olieveira

Ruth Asawa

Barbara Licha

Ines Schwotzer

INTENTIONAL WIRE FORMING (SKETCHBOOK #4)

SKETCHBOOK #4

Now that you've experimented with the wire, and have formed your own ways of doing different things with it, you should attempt to intentionally form different shapes. For this sketchbook assignment form the following and then tape into your sketchbook:

1. Bumpy Line (make sure to pinch the wire together to form the points, and to pull apart and form the rounded curve)

2. Loopy Line (using just your fingers or attempt to wrap the wire around something else, to form a row of flattened loops)

3. Noose (loop your wire and then, using pliers, tightly wrap one end of the wire around the other)

4. Ring (Using the same wrapping technique as for the Noose, create a ring and then tightly wrap each end to secure)

5. Spiral (using your fingers and/or pliers, wrap your wire into a flattened spiral)