STUDENT NAME: /

VISUAL ART STUDIES

ALRDIGESTATEHIGH SCHOOL

Major Artwork

YEAR: / B
TERM: / Two
UNIT: / Craft
FOCUS LEARNING: / Wearable Art
TASK: / Major Artwork
TEACHER: / Ms C Gunn
DUE DATE: / 19/06/2014

TASK:

  • You are to create an avant-garde wearable (jewellery) art piece, based on a theme.
  • You may choose one of the following themes, or select your own: bold & bright, spunky space-age, nice & natural, mighty metallics, ornamental oriental, edgy Egyptian, trendy tropical, dark & detailed, fluffy & feminine, retro regalia, artful aboriginal, watery wonder, lush & leafy, natty nautical, floral fusion, earthen experiments, pretty pastel, automotive attire, decorative dots or great Gothic.
  • You may use any materials used in the minor folio to create the artwork. A mixture of materials will be provided by your teacher; however you may provide your own materials if preferred.
  • Your final work must be aesthetically pleasing and show consideration of the elements and principles of design. The VAD design process must be evidenced in the final artwork.
  • Neat craftsmanship is very important.
  • The artwork must be able to be worn by a model (e.g.you or someone you select), who will be photographed wearing it, and the pictures used in the 2014 Aldridge State High School Art Exhibition.
  • The artwork must be a wearable artwork made as a set (of 2 or 3 pieces in the set only), for example: a brooch and earrings/ earrings and neckwear/ a tie pin and cuff links/a hair piece and a bracelet/earrings and a ring/ brooch and cufflinks etc.

TERMINOLOGY:

  • Wearable Art - Wearable art, describes the making of individually designed pieces of hand-made clothing or jewellery as artistic expressions.
  • Avant-garde – Something fresh and unusual, a truly original approach.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA –EXPRESSING

A / B / C / D / E
Effectively demonstrates the skills and techniques required to clearly express purpose(s) through arts work(s). / Demonstrates the skills and techniques required to express purpose(s). / Demonstrates skills and techniques to give purpose(s) to arts work(s). / Demonstrates some skills and techniques. / Uses a partially developed skill or technique for own purpose.
Presents an aesthetically pleasing wearable art (jewellery) set with considerable consideration of the elements and principles of design that follows the theme and ideas presented in the VAD / Presents an aesthetically pleasing wearable art (jewellery) set with some consideration of the elements and principles of design that follows the theme and ideas presented in the VAD . / Presents an aesthetically pleasing wearable art (jewellery) with a little consideration of the elements and principles of design that follows the theme and ideas presented in the VAD . / Presents a pleasing wearable art (jewellery) set with poor consideration of the elements and principles of design that follows the theme and ideas presented in the VAD . / Presents wearable art (jewellery) set with no consideration of the elements and principles of design that vaguely follows the theme and ideas presented in the VAD.

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