1. THE COLLECTION
For this project you will be collecting a material or object of your choice.

2. You will start collecting objects THIS week and have two months to collect 100 of these objects.
We will then use these objects to create an art piece and display it in a student show at the beginning of April.

3. The objects themselves do NOT have to be captivating or beautiful or unique. One toothbrush is boring, however 10,000 toothbrushes have the potential to be awe-inspiring. The way you organize your collection could be the way the objects are transformed. What creates value and how can you, as the artist, shift the perception of objects?

4. Tara Donovan
Disposable plastic cups
Landscapes

6. Tara Donovan
toothpicks

7. Decide what you will collect by NEXT Wednesday- Jan 27th
Decide what you will collect by NEXT Wednesday- Jan 27th. Look at the routines in your life. Is there a small object that you can collect from your everyday routine? Is there something from work, from school, from your refrigerator? Maybe you pick up something on every walk to school or you keep every gas receipt. It may be something you normally throw away or recycle.

8. SIMILAR OBJECTS FROM A ROUTINE
• Candy/cough drop/mint/gum wrappers
light bulbs
plastic cups
plastic bags
raffle tickets
bottle caps or twist off caps
used pencils
addresses from letters
pen caps
envelopes received in the mail
soda can tabs
books
receipts
lotto tickets
cancelled stamps
tooth picks/ dental floss
bows / ribbons
fake nails from a nail salon
fliers for events or concerts
flowers
plastic rolls from credit card paper
used rubber bands
leaves
empty makeup containers
clippings from newspaper
rocks
Comics
cords
sticks
buttons
rubber bike tubes
pine cones
chop sticks
baby toys
cat whiskers
caps off of baby food
sewing needles
toilet paper rolls
shells
lint
fortunes from fortune cookies
pieces of fabric
hair
napkins
matchboxes
string
coasters
nails on the ground
plastic containers

9. Lisa Kokin
“Passage”
Using buttons . Mimic Pointellism. Idea of small bits making a greater whole.

10. Tom Friedman
American conceptual sculptor known for his work employing everyday material, such as toothpicks or sugar cubes in intricate geometric arrangements.
Simple everyday objects into complex arrangments

11. DIFFERENT OBJECTS AROUND A THEME
A certain shape
Make a small drawing a day
Pieces of trash/nature you find as you are walking
Objects of a specific color
Write a poem a day
Images of something specific from magazines
A specific word (s) cut out from paper
A specific number you find everyday
Things made of a certain material (wood, metal, fabric)
Things of a certain quality (soft, hard, smooth, textured)
Draw a different line everyday

12. Tony Cragg
found materials, discarded construction materials, and disposed household materials.
In 1978 he collected discarded plastic fragments and arranged them into colour categories.
Use of the wall. Collection has to do with reuse. So many objects in our lives we use and throw out. So many objects are part of out routine.

13. Joseph Kosuth
Books become the structure not just the contents of the structure

14. As an Art student, one must be observant or one must be an "observer"
"Choosing is Creating"
As an Art student, one must be observant or one must be an "observer"
Part of this responsibility is to see the things that others usually do not see.
Collecting:
Go for a walk around campus and pick up things that you find interesting.
Venture inside and outside. Objects must fit inside provided baggie.
Be back in class, in a ½ hour from now.

15. Writing: Do not put your name on the paper.
Do not reveal the identity of your objects by naming them.
Pick a few of the objects to write about.
Describe the objects in detail. Use descriptive words or phrases without naming the object
What makes these objects interesting to you? How are these objects connected?
Would your objects be categorized as organic/natural, geometric/manufactured, or somehow both? Explain...
•  Did/does the objects have a function? Explain.
Please do your best to address any potential meaning behind the objects. Is there any symbolism connected to the objects? Either cultural or personal? A story?