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= The Door Project =

In this project you will be provided with a solid wooden door. You must use the entire door to create a new work of art. Every ounce of wood must be incorporated into the final project, whether seen or not. The techniques available for use include cutting, grinding, carving, additive and subtractive process, and painting, sanding, and staining. All shop stationary and hand tools are available for this project.

In addition, the final work should be an outdoor work, so the final viewing circumstances must be considered. The work may or may not be site specific.

When designing your work, it is important to consider the genesis of your your material. While it is in one sense simply wood, in other ways it is a material with both historical and cultural significance. Consider all the metaphorical and symbolic possibilities associated with doors and objects like doors. What are some of the ideas of home, house, access, security, etc. that can be drawn out of such an object.

The door provided is also a recycled material, one with a history. Can this history, albeit known or imagined, figure into your work? What happens when you take a recognizable object and deconstruct it, rendering it unrecognizable?

Find an area of interest in regards to the provided material and exploit it to your advantage. And remember: your final work does not need to, in any way, visually resemble a door!

Research (required):

Look through our collection of __art magazines__ (not online) and mark examples of the following: 1 work which is made from a material that is not a "common" art material. 1 work made from an object material of specific historical or cultural significance. (again, not a common art material) 1 work where a recognizable object has been deconstructed or significantly altered.

Bring examples for discussion to the next class.

Research will count for 10% of your project grade.

In addition to the final work, you will start this project by constructing a finished scale model or maquette. This model will be made from the material provided, should be to scale, and should capture some essence of the final work. The model will count for 30% of your project grade.

Scale Models