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And now reflect...
What food or food tradition did each maker explore?
What materials did they use to explore these foods and ideas?
Did they use ceramics? Metal? Gems and rocks?
How would their work have been different if they chose different materials or forms?
What if they had used impermanent materials? Do you think they would have made different sculpting or displaying choices?
What do the longlasting materials add to their sculptures? Weight? Preciousness? Importance?
Did you explore those links? Go back to Step 1 and click on those links!!!!
Then come back to Step 2.
Using your chosen food or food tradition from Section 1&2,
make a sketch of 3 new sculptures you would like to make of your food or food tradition. These sculptures should be made of longlasting materials that will not disintegrate over time.
Write what materials you would use next to each sketch.
These materials can be kiln-fired ceramics, oven-baked polymer clay, recycled plastics and metals, glass and gem beads,
make a sketch of 3 new sculptures you would like to make of your food or food tradition. These sculptures should be made of longlasting materials that will not disintegrate over time.
Write what materials you would use next to each sketch.
These materials can be kiln-fired ceramics, oven-baked polymer clay, recycled plastics and metals, glass and gem beads,
These sculptures will be around for many generations to come...what will future generations think of your sculpture? How does this factor into what you will make?
Here is an example of a sculpture made with longlasting materials:
Artist: Joya Assael (you’re on her website now! 😀️)
Title: Birthday Blueberry Pancakes
Date: 2023
Materials: oven-baked polymer clay on a ceramic plate
Size: 6.75 x 6.75 x .75 in
In this example, the chosen food, pancakes, are explored in oven-baked polymer clay. The hard, sturdy material means that the pieces of the pancake can be easily moved around into different arrangements without damaging the sculpture. This sculpture (animated here into a GIF) was inspired by a memory of the artist’s father bringing her to get birthday blueberry pancakes. Her father would cut her pancakes into bite sized pieces, and then he would arrange them in the shape of whatever age she was turning (for example, a 6 on her 6th birthday).
Now you are going to create your sculpture.
But, before you begin sculpting, take a moment to think.
Will you be sculpting with clay?
Do you need armature?
Armature for sculpting with clay is a usually a little different than what’s used in paper mache.
What’s clay sculpting armature???? Find out what it is and how to make it here and here.
Do you need sculpting tools?
Okay but who wants to buy sculpting tools...
Click here to find out what sculpting tools you may already have lying around the house.
Will you be sculpting with plastics or metals?
How do I do that???? Get inspired here and here. Hot glue will be your best friend!
Gather all your materials.
Email me if you have any questions about materials!
Sculpt!
Okay but how........
Click here and here for some tips on sculpting with clay.
Share your sculpture with a friend or family member.
Share your work from this section (Section 3) on the Time Traveling Through Food Aggie.
What is Aggie??? Watch tutorials here and here.
You can do this by adding an illustration of your process, a snapshot of your sketches or your sculpture, a written note about your food tradition, or any other way of sharing what you’ve done and thought about.
All emojis and icons found on https://emojipedia.org/ & https://www.pngwing.com/
and edited by Joya Assael.
Artwork and photograph information can be found on the page linked to the icon.