Sculpture with Bean Finneran

Discussion:

Form

Space

Monochromatic

Artist and 20,000 curves

20,000 turquoise curves

Bean Finneran

On display at Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

Artist: Bean Finneran (1971-     )

Cleveland Born

Career beginnings in avant-garde theater in Boston

Designed Jewelry in San Francisco

returned to painting 

eventually began to roll and stack clay

Project: Create a sculpture piece inspired by this work of art

Step1: start with a styrofoam florist cone. 

Step2: cut chenille stems in half or close to half

Step3: add a bead on the end of each half and bend the stem so the bead does not fall off

Step4: place the 1/2 pipe cleaner in the cone

Step5: continue working on this project until you have it completed and are happy with the results

Note: Students will study monochromatic color schemes, pipe cleaners will be displayed by color but if a student wants to use multi colored pipe cleaners they will not be discouraged. 

MATERIALS: 

One styrofoam florist cone per student

50 pipe cleaners per student   http://www.dickblick.com/products/chenille-kraft-stems/

Multi-colored beads for the ends   http://www.dickblick.com/products/pony-beads/