You and your students might find Lynne Hull's sculptures of interest
which she refers to as "trans-species art." Her website it located
at: http://www.wecsa.com/ecoart/ Check out the do-it-yourself page.
If you're interested in taking this project further, I invite you and
your students to exhibit their work on the Earth Works Project
website at: http://artjunction.org/projects/earthworks
Hope this helps.
Craig
>I'm preparing a lesson to do with my advanced art 8th grade class on
>site-specific public sculptures. I want them to pick a public place
>or building and design a maquette for a sculpture that would go with
>that site. I'm going to have them make the mini-sculpture out of
>clay. I also want them to create a poster with a picture of the
>place for their sculpture and a written statement about the place
>and how their sculpture would fit into that location. They would
>also include their preliminary drawings on this poster. Has anyone
>done this type of project before with a class and have any ideas for
>me? Does anyone know any good websites about public sculptures or
>any public sculptures I should definitely include when talking about
>this? Thanks in advance for your help.
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