February 26, 2014

• You need:– Vocab booklets– Something to write with

• Today’s activity:– Introduction to next project– Choose Partner & floor– Begin “floor plans”– Take home Comic Page to complete by

Monday 3/3

Tiny Town

• Date:2/26/2014

Ana Serrano

• LA artist (32 years old)• Created “Cartonlandia”• Artwork relates to economy,

customs, architecture, fashion

• Three Dimensional

An object that has height, length and width

Sculpture: 3 dimensional (3D) artwork

Volume:

Space occupied; measured in 3 dimensions; length, width and height

The possibilities with cardboard!

Corrugated Cardboard:

2 pieces of paper that surround ridged and grooved paper; creates a strong board

Miniature Art…

Model• a 3D representation of

something, usually typically much smaller than the original

Thorne Room:

• Permanent exhibit space at the Chicago Art Institute. Contains extremely detailed model rooms from different times in American history.

Little People Project

Your Project: Become an Interior Designer

• Create a tiny “interior” of a specific place• Each team will get “1 Floor” in our town• Materials:

– Cardboard– Cardstock (thick paper)– Color Paper– Collage materials for flat surfaces/Photos– Paint– Air Dry Clay – Other Craft materials YOU BRING IN

Interior: The inside of a space

Interior Designer:

• a person who specializes in designing interior architectural structures, layout & function.

Note: This is different than an Interior DECORATOR: Decorates the interior with furniture, color & accessories

Floor Plan:a scale diagram of the arrangement of rooms in one story of a

building

Tiny Tower App

One HUGE tower community with homes, stores, restaurants, services & recreation all stacked up.

NOW:• Turn in your notes• Sit with a partner• Randomly select the category of “floor” you will create as per “Tiny

Tower”– Residential (homes)– Service (bank, police, library etc)– Recreation (park, pool, gym etc)– Retail (stores etc)– Creative (music, photo, artists, design etc)– Food (restaurants)

• BEGIN A FLOOR PLAN for your idea: • Average Size Person is 3”!!