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Bessie Allen ALHS School 03-19-2008 I actually went to school in this place. In fact, my locker was right outside the door of the classroom where we worked on these sculptures. THE PROJECT: Create a Steve Wirtz "Sketchbook Series" type sculpture, including pasting on of meaningful(?) words on the work of art. I pre-made the armatures. The students provided the sketches. Many of the sketches were quite good and it was a challenge to interpret them into a sketchbook series sculpture. These students were in the Alternative Learning High School program. I was impressed with the work they did. Big THANKS to Alice Tzakais for setting up my appearance. Also thanks to the faculty at Bessie Allen Middle School. |
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(left) Cat about to pounce. One eye is on, the other yet to be. Nice piece! |
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(left) Panda Bear. (right) This artist submitted a nice sketch of a spider. The legs are really long and I was kinda worried they would poke someone's eye out! great job on the sculpture, though. |
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(immediate right) Purple elephant. Very nice work. (far right) the shark turned out to be a very attractive piece. |
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Lynn was working on this bear which at first looked like a hippo,
but soon came around. (right) This mythical beast is called a Cerebus. Quite a difficult sculpture, because the animal has three heads. |
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(far
left) 'Computer Man' The artist submitted a fantastic sketch. I used
some pretty dense foam rubber to create the armature for it.
(left center) Howling wolf. Nicely accomplished. (near left) Watch out, it's a rampaging penguin! Fun sculpture. the artist had a good time with it, obviously. |
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(right) This cat knocks me out. Ya gotta love those big blue eyes. (far right) A "Junkyard Dog". This artist worked so fast, he was done before I got my coat off. |
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(left) I love this "Play Dog". Such a fun structure to it.
(right) The flamingo was a fun armature to make. |
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| (right) Alice did a great job on her "Dog With Cat" sculpture. I knew she would-she is sooo talented. |
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