Create a miniature model of an expressive sculpture to symbolize your vision of a world event.
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Maya Yang Lin is a contemporary Chinese American artist. Lin was born on October 5, 1959, in Athens, Ohio, where her parents were on the faculty of Ohio University. Her parents, who immigrated to the United States from China, were both involved in the arts: her father, as dean of the art school and a ceramic artist, and her mother, as a poet and professor of Asian and English literature.
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Maya Lin's interests have always been with architecture and sculpture. She was a talented student at Yale University, where she was forced to choose between architecture and art. She enrolled in the architecture program, but secretly took sculpture courses on the side. She designed the <i>Vietnam Veterans Memorial</i> in Washington, D.C., when she was only 21 years old.
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What is the difference between architecture and sculpture? Architecture is traditionally thought of as the design of buildings and inhabited spaces, while sculpture is considered to be a more expressive, personal response to creating a 3-D piece of fine art. Maya Lin combines these forms in her work, using her double interests to create sculpture which involves viewers, enabling them to interact with the work. <i>The Civil Rights Memorial</i> at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Birmingham, Alabama; <i>Groundswell</i> at The Ohio State University; and <i>The Wave Field</i> at the Michigan School of Engineering are excellent examples of her work.
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Research other artists' site sculptures, such as <i>Spiral Jetty</i> by Robert Smithson. Notice how these artists also use land and forms to create their work.
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To create a sculpture using ideas similar to the work of Maya Lin, begin by reading a newspaper or magazine. Choose a world event that is especially moving to you, and research that event. List words that you associate with that event using Crayola® Color
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With Crayola Model Magic, create a miniature site sculpture. Imagine that you are very tiny and the Model Magic forms you are making are large enough to walk through or on. What shapes can you make to express the words you chose? If the emotions you felt
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Cover a table with recycled newspaper. Paint your site sculpture with Crayola Watercolors and Watercolor Brushes. Choose colors that compliment the mood you are trying to express, such as pastels for calm feelings or red for anger. Dry.
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Attach meaningful natural materials and decorative items on and around your sculpture with Crayola School Glue.
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Title your sculpture, using both the name of the event you are responding to, and the thought or emotion you are expressing. Write about your choice of event and its representation, explaining the reasons behind your thinking.
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