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Welcome Thank you for using this pre-visit resource. We believe this will help strengthen student learning leading up to and during your gallery visit. Due to the different versions of PowerPoint schools may use, please check for, and correct any formatting issues before you use this presentation with your students. Please check by viewing in slide show format before making any necessary changes. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me. Learning Experiences Outside the Classrom Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts Phone: (09) 577 0138 ext 7703 [email protected] Jeremy Leatinu’u Education Coordinator Image: http://blog.goodasgold.co.nz/post/980346568/tim-chapman-party-on-a-motor-bike-party-time Welcome to Art with an Artist During the next few lessons we will be exploring… • The art of casting Before we start, let’s recap what we learnt during our last lesson… Image:http://www.coca.org.nz/artists/70/ Mona Lisa c1503-1519 Painted by Leonardo da Vinci • an original artwork is something that has been crafted by the artist himself or herself. • the word original means something that is first, something not copied from. In the last lesson we learnt… • the word copy means something trying to look exactly like another. • a copy can look like the original but is not exactly the same. Let’s start this lesson by exploring “The art of casting”. Image: http://tiffanysingh.com/shows/medi-tation What is casting and what does it look like? Bronze cast Wax cast Concrete cast Plaster cast Casting is an art making process where an artist makes a copy of something else. To make a cast an artist can use materials such as bronze, concrete, wax and plaster to name a few. Image: http://www.clyattsculpture.com/Figurative_sculpture.html http://www.hastingscityartgallery.co.nz/whats-on/trade-me http://larritt-evans.blogspot.co.nz/2011/04/concrete-chesterfield.html http://www.homebasecollections.co.nz/oar-prints/ Casting Bronze casting Bronze cast Wax cast Thecreate To bronze a bronze metal iscast heated the artist until it first has tohot becomes make liquid. a copy This of is the then sculpturepoured carefully using clay into or thewax. mould from the top. The artist would then surround the outside ofbronze the copy with plaster Once the becomes hard and leaving a holethe at and more is coolclay, enough to touch, the claytop. and plaster is pulled away revealing the bronze sculpture. The mould is put in an oven Concrete castwax and hardening Plaster cast melting the the clay and plaster. Let’s take adurable look at some artists who have used Bronze and are strong and materials can withstand all With casting there is always acan mould and something tomessage fill that mould with, such Some Choosing artists the willconcrete right choose material a specific be material important to cast. for the This isthat sometimes the artist based wants on casting inbronze, interesting ways to make art. sorts of weather. Wax and plaster are lightasand smooth and can be held by a plaster, concrete wax. strength, texture, colour and overall appearance. toormake. person easily. Image: http://www.clyattsculpture.com/Figurative_sculpture.html http://www.hastingscityartgallery.co.nz/whats-on/trade-me http://larritt-evans.blogspot.co.nz/2011/04/concrete-chesterfield.html http://www.homebasecollections.co.nz/oar-prints/ Rachel Whiteread Earlier we saw artist Rachel Whiteread and her concrete cast of an entire house. For this project Rachel decided to spray every inch of the inside of the house with concrete. This included the walls, ceiling, floor, windows, fireplace, stairs and doors. Once the concrete dried and hardened she pulled away the outside of the house, revealing the concrete and impression of the house. Image: http://www.image-identity.eu/artists_images_folder/england/rachel-whiteread http://archiclog.wordpress.com/ http://landscapearchitecture.tumblr.com/page/473 Michael Parekowhai New Zealand artist Michael Parekowhai is a well known artist living and working in Auckland city. In 2011 Michael was chosen to represent New Zealand in one of the world’s biggest art shows. For this art show Michael decided to make a life size bronze cast of two grand pianos, both with bronze bulls on top. The artworks reflect Michael’s interest in art that can be seen and heard when played. Image: http://www.ronnieworld.com/Art/Venic-Biennale2011/17843482_dFKnFM/1/1364518294_mRPLtWz#!i=1364518294&k=mRPLtWz http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/blog/bunker-notes/2011/12/08/parekowhai-in-paris/ http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/70/Michael_Parekowhai/1308/44741/ Bulls are well known in Venice where the art show was held. Tiffany Singh New Zealand artist Tiffany Singh is well known for her cast artworks made from honey wax. Tiffany casts figures belonging to religions that are of personal importance. Depending on the show Tiffany will cast 20-700 wax figures, each with different colours. People play an important part to Tiffany’s art. She often invites visitors to exchange something for one of her artworks. Image: http://cleobarnett.com/2011/11/29/artist-you-should-know-tiffany-singh/ http://media.auckland.ac.nz/nicai/finearts/Elamupfront/ http://www.hastingscityartgallery.co.nz/whats-on/tiffany-singh-preserve http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/ This means the artwork changes from her wax figures to objects and notes left by visitors. As we have seen, there are many different Let’s recap on what we have learnt so far… ways artists use the art of casting… Casting • is a way of making art and can include using bronze, concrete, wax and plaster. • always involves a mould which the cast is then made from. • involves choosing the right material for a reason - bronze and concrete are strong and durable while wax and plaster are light and smooth and can be held by a person easily. We look forward to having you all here End of lesson