Inflatable

Inflatable Project

In this project you will be working in groups to make an inflatable sculpture. These sculptures will be made of plastic trash bags and packing tape.

Your work can be representational or abstract. Think about what you are emphasizing and what the scale says about the subject matter. Consider how the viewer will interact with the work. Will they walk around it, under it, or in it? Working with an everyday material like trash bags brings attention to the possibilities of using common materials (ideas) in new ways, essentially a re imagining of the world around us. How can you use this concept in creating your work.

After gathering your group, decide on the concept of your sculpture and make a model of the work using the same materials. Then enlarge your work, breaking the tasks up between the members. Make the work as large as you can, It should be as big as it can be while being supported by the fan.

Each student should bring in a box of large, white, unscented garbage bags and at least 1 roll of clear packing tape. You may mix some colors, or add markings or paint to your sculpture, but you must provide the materials.

__**Each student is required to document their own contribution to the group. Take images and describe what you did and post it on your wiki page. I will average in the group grade with your own contribution to determine your project grade for this assignment!**__


 * Things to think about as you make your form:**


 * **Inflatables are under pressure from the inside. As air pushes on the material, forms are bulged from the inside out, so all planes are kind of bulgy.**
 * **each separate section of your sculpture needs an opening from one section to another.**
 * **All these forms need a vent on the other side of the form from where the fan blows in**
 * **you need to in corporate a tube from the base of your sculpture to the blower. it should be about 10" diameter.**

Here is an art book that describes inflatables made by the art group "Ant Farm"



=__**Homework due Monday April 2: Have 5 thumbnail sketched of ideas for the inflatable project, with notes as to why each object would be interesting if made large and made in the medium of plastic and air. Also, have plastic and tape.**__=

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http://www.slam.org/sfysculpture/scale.html

http://www.michaelrakowitz.com/parasite/

http://destructables.org/node/53

Student Inflatable sculptures