Stephen Perkins
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Figure and Portrait Structure in Clay~
July 22-Aug 2nd, 2013
Working in clay from instructor demonstrations and life models, students will proceed with a thorough and systematic examination of the form of the human body.
A separate study will be made of the portrait head , hands and feet. We will work from start to finish in the manner that you would model these forms in sculpture but the difference will be that we will take it slow and analyze each step in depth, what exactly the form is and how it relates to the larger unit.
Working in a hierarchical manner the class will proceed from large masses, through the middle stages of modeling to the smaller forms and on to the detail stage. We will work on a full figure at about half life size, a head study at life size, a hand and a foot both at life size, possibly an arm as well.
This class is not so much focused on the production of a work but on the obtainment of understanding with which one can produce many works. We are not so much focused on individual models or portrait heads as we are in what all human heads and figures have in common. Human form follows an essential pattern locked in our DNA and we are all identical in this patterning of the forms.
If you learn the forms that make up a human nose or ear then you will understand all noses and ears. Just as we are all identical in the patterning of our forms, we are all completely unique. That uniqueness comes in our proportions. Individual models will vary, we all vary. Here , we are interested in learning a kind of mental map of the forms that are common to all humans. It used to be said that each artist had a “secret figure” in his or her mind. That was no more than their combined understanding of the forms and mechanisms of the human body.
With that understanding, one can understand more of what they see. We create art not so much with our eyes as with our brains. This class aims to increase the understanding of forms of the body.
Subjects covered will be the large masses and their rhythmic relationships, the movement of those masses to create the specific gesture, plane structure, geometric blocking and wedging of forms, volume, the hierarchical breakdown of forms from large to small, the emotional expression of the figure, facial expression and other topics. In depth anatomy in the forms of ecorche will not be covered. That is another topic for another day. We will cover anatomy to some extent but this class looks more at the forms of the body as they appear before us
1 month Master Summer Program
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