Alberto Giacometti was a "Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia, as the eldest of four children to Giovanni Giacometti, a well-known post-Impressionist painter. Coming from an artistic background, he was interested in art from an early age."- Biography |
Students in both 5th grade and the 6th grade classes at All Saints have now begun their sculptures based off of the concept of Alberto Giacometti's work. One class used aluminum foil for their armatures whereas another used pipe-cleaners. The results are different but yet still similar. We focused on making strong foundations for our sculptures, this is called an armature (or the skeleton), we then carefully laid plaster strips over the armatures and smoothed out the layers. Wrapping the plaster strips, some of the sculptures now look like mummies, this will change once details are added and they are painted :). I didn't have students smooth out their work too much due to the textural quality of Giacometti's work. So far students are having a lot of fun!