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Materials-Based Self-Portraits

the Process in action Project Description:

"Imagine that you are making a sculpture of yourself, but have no traditional art materials – no clay, metal, wood, or papier-mache.

This project gives you the opportunity to explore and create your self-image. The self portrait will not rely on literal representations or iconography.

Instead you are asked to consider and make use of the potential symbolic significance of the everyday stuff of this world. In this project you will work in ways similar to many contemporary sculptors who create meaning in their work by the use of non-traditional materials."

 

Selected Student Work

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Erin, 7th grade
Steven, 8th grade
Jessie, 8th grade