Bobble Head Project

The History of Bobble Heads Link: http://www.bobbleheadhall.com/history/

What’s a bobble Head?

The gist of this assignment is to build a body (animal, human or a combination of the two). The guidelines for this assignment are as follows.

Build a body that is at least 5” tall Build a body that is at least 5” tall. The body that you build may be animal or human or a little bit of both. That is something for you to. Your subject matter may evolve as you work or it may be something that you decide before you start working. (Hint: either way of working is fine however if you decide to build something specific before you start you must have pictures (books, magazines, etc.) to work from. The body that you build should stop at the neck and have a clay post where the head should be to support the head.

The head may also be human or animal or a little of both The head may also be human or animal or a little of both. That is entirely up to you.

The Subject of your body and heads may be connected thematically The Subject of your body and heads may be connected thematically. For instance you might make the body of Mickey mouse and Mickey mouse head You may also choose to make a body and head with zero thematic connection.

Part of the object of this assignment is to introduce the element of surprise to your work. To push the surprise aspect of your piece you might trade heads with your classmates.

Other skills that I hope you will gain from this assignment are to get some experience working with size. You will gain some knowledge of building interior structures, building with thin walls of clay to lighten up your sculpture, and solving the endless problems of fighting against gravity.

New Vocabulary: Gist: the real point of an action Thematic: having or relating to subjects or a particular subject.

Here is what is do today: Copy and paste six or more images of heads to a word document. Copy and paste six or more images of bodies to a word document. Print and turn in before the end of class.