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Objectives
To
explore the differences between size,
scale,
and proportion.
To
use various measurement tools and transformation techniques as aids
to visual expression.
Project
Overview
Your
challenge is to plan and execute a composition that illustrates
transformation of scale and proportion.
References
for further study
Richardson,
John et al, "Grids, mazes, and modules," Basic Design,
Prentice-Hall, pp. 16 - 33, 1984. (optional)
Collins,
Dan, "Anamorphosis and the Eccentric Observer," Leonardo,
Vol. 25 - 26, 1992. (optional)
http://www.asu.edu/cfa/art/people/faculty/collins/Anamorph.html
Vocabulary
grids,
proportion wheel, scaling by percentages, mapping, size, scale,
proportion, ratio,
orthogonal,
tatami mat,
mercator
projection, mollweide projection
Materials
15
x 20" cold press illustration board, your choice of black and
white media plus one color or gray.
Process
Preliminary:
1.
Before coming to class, review the theme of Technology
as found on the website. Also read the overview on Scale
(UNIT V), taking time to explore the various links.
2.
Bring a "found object" to class that has a clear
recognizable shape (e.g., a glove), is no smaller than 3" and no larger than 16" in any dimension, and is relatively flat.
Exercise:
1.
Using biology paper or tracing paper, create a grid of 1"
squares large enough to accommodate your object. Trace the outline of your object onto the grid.
2.
Refer to the procedure on the website on entitled "Using Grids
for Scale Translation."
http://www.asu.edu/cfa/wwwcourses/art/SOACore/scale_scaletrans.htm.
3.
If your object is small (2 - 4"), enlarge your object four times
its original size (4x) using a grid. If your object is large (12 - 16"), reduce the object to one fourth its
original size (1/4x) using a grid.
4.
Make a second scale transformation so big that your object is much
larger than your board. Choose a fragment at least 15 inches long as an abstract element for your
final composition.
5.
Now, again referring to the website, alter the grid in different
ways. Try altering the proportion of your object by changing the ratio of height to width. Or see what
happens to the outline of your object if the grid is compressed into a diamond shape. Try making your "grid"
into an irregular system of wavy lines or some other organic, non-regular pattern (hint: keep the same
number of units in the x and y axes).
6.
Using a representative range of your experiments with altered scale
and proportion, create a composition on your 15 x 20" board. (Put ALL of your initial experiments
in your notebook and label them). You may use any medium you like (ink, gouache, art films, etc)--but
please limit your palette to three color choices: black, white, and gray (or one other color). You also have a
choice of showing the grid or leaving it out.
Challenges
(optional): Use the computer and/or xerox machine to develop one or
more of the images in your composition. (You must use a grid for
at least two of your transformations, however).
Critique
Ideas
When
you have completed your composition, divide into small groups and
exchange artworks with another group from
the class. Within your group, work together to respond to each
project in turn. Consider the following:
1. Describe the various
scale and proportion transformations your fellow artists used. What
techniques were employed.
2.
Point out any personal and/or cultural symbols the artist used to
indicate a particular meaning.
3.
Discuss ideas the artwork seems to communicate. After some sharing of
interpretations, attempt to state the message of the
composition in one sentence. (This artwork is about. . .)
4.
Explain how individual shapes, symbols, or other elements of the work
support both the overall composition. Look for the
effective use of unity principles (UNIT III) and figure/ground
relationships (UNIT IV).
Notebook
Checklist
□ Clean
and Organized
□ Turned in on Time
□ Turned in on Time
□ Discussion
Page on Scale and Proportion
□ Project
Objectives
□ Concept
Page on Technology
□ Vocabulary
□ Research□ Vocabulary
□ Three
Scale Transformations