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Tony Cragg (b 1949) | |
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Cragg's sculpture often consists of a collection
of a large objects, sometimes having a distinctive similarity of colour,
size or other property but which together suggest landscapes, buildings or
less representative and poetic forms.
Cragg Investigation 1 - Collections Make a collection of objects based on a variety of properties. For example,
These collections will be limited by space available, of course. When a collection develops ask for descriptions of objects, suggest their age, their histories. Create landscapes, maps, monuments, mazes using found objects. Cragg Investigation 2 - A Still Life Discuss what a still life is, look at examples of traditional still lives. Use a collection of themed found objects to create a still life. This can be drawn, painted, photographed or left as a sculpture. Cragg Investigation 3 - Casting Objects which havehistories but which are not in themselves valuable (for example an old broken toy) could be cast and plaster copies reproduced. Latex can be layered over the original (10 layers at least) - then plaster poured into the mould. Copies of these can be reproduced and painted. It is difficult to reproduce objects fully in 3d, better to create reproductions which are flat at the back, inserting string before the plaster is dry in order to hand, like traditional ducks, on a wall.
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