| This week we learned about the modern American Artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976) He is known for making mobiles with wire. He also invented the “stabile”(a fixed sculpture with similar design elements to a mobile) He often created his sculptures in solid red or black.  |
This piece titled “Flamingo” was created by Calder. It is a 53-foot tall stabile located in the Federal Plaza in front of the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois
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“Eagle” is an abstract sculpture by Alexander Calder. It is located at the Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle
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“La Grande Vitesse”, is a public sculpture by Calder. It is located on the large concrete plaza surrounding City Hall & the Kent County Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Inspired by Alexander Calder, we can created an additive sculpture out of paper!
Calder inspired additive sculpture with a patriotic twist!
Using various techniques we created 3 dimensional sculptural effects with paper!
- Cutting
- Folding
- Curling — use long, thin strips of paper to make spirals and reverse spirals
- Rolling — make cones and tubes
- Bending — change direction without creasing the paper
- Scoring — lightly run scissors across the edge of a ruler to just barely break the surface of the paper for a crisp fold (a paperclip may also be used on lightweight paper), a great way to make folds along a curve
- Layering — glue smaller pieces of paper onto increasingly larger pieces
- Slicing & Joining — cut a slit into wider piece and slide narrower piece into it
- Twisting — hold one end of the paper with your right hand and one with your left hand and twist a little or a lot
- Crumpling — scrunch paper in both hands
- Stuffing — crumple paper and wrap with a second layer of paper
- Crimping — use a special “crimping tool” to make small, uniform waves or folds, similar to corrugated cardboard
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