Wire Sculpture The art of the Line. Alexander Calder-Inspired Wire Sculpture 20 th Century American sculptor 1896-1976.

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Wire Sculpture The art of the Line

Alexander Calder-Inspired Wire Sculpture 20 th Century American sculptor

Alexander Calder-Inspired Wire Sculpture Famous for inventing the mobile, a type of sculpture that moves. Object with Red Discs (1931), 1931 Photograph by Marc Vaux Big Red, Sheet metal and steel wire, 74 × 114 in.

Alexander Calder-Inspired Wire Sculpture Invented the tern ‘ stabiles ’ to refer to his immobile sculptures. Black Frame, 1934 Köpfe und Schwanz (Têtes et Queue) A Two-Faced Guy

Alexander Calder-Inspired Wire Sculpture Calder also made paintings, lithographs, toys, tapestries, and jewelry

Alexander Calder-Inspired Wire Sculpture In his first critically important work, Le Cirque de Calder (Calder’s Circus), the artist magically brought in animate objects and a band of circus characters to life using wire and recycled materials. Calder’s Circus was a miniature reproduction of an actual circus, and is considered to be the start of his lifelong interest in both wire sculpture and kinetic art.

Alexander Calder-Inspired Wire Sculpture These art forms would typify much of his later sculptural work, including the over 1,800 examples of jewelry made throughout his lifetime.

Alexander Calder-Inspired Wire Sculpture

Faces

Alexander Calder-Inspired Wire Sculpture Animals

Alexander Calder-Inspired Wire Sculpture Circus

Continuous Line Draw a scene/object/animal/p erson with out lifting your pen/pencil from the paper. Think about your hat theme. You can find an image from the internet