Book Reviews of Altered Artist Books
In class the students in Basic Sculpture and Ceramics created altered artist books based on a concept that was derived from a sketchbook prompt: Draw a sequential thought. The students were given a variety of mixed media materials along with carving techniques to create an old recycled book, (donated from our school library) into a sculptural work of art. Their multi - layered concepts were composed as a book format with an introduction, body and a conclusion. The students peer critiqued their classmates' altered artist books for their visual subject matter: art elements and principles of design. They also reviewed them as book critics when they had to describe in a peer critique, the story being told in the students' altered artist books.
From Mollie, Victoria, and Erin: This book titled "Freedoms change" was created by Young Duffle. It has one page. He is in grade 12 at Craston High School West. He is enrolled in Basic Sculpture and Ceramics. He enjoys this class because it allows him to express his feelings. The theme of the book is about patriotism; the story is about America. The setting of this story is in America. In the beginning of the artists story, one sees an eagle; in the middle of the story, there is an eagle flying. At the conclusion, there is a plane. This book is modern art. It is both a traditional and non-traditional book. People would find this book uplifting due to its message; which is that America has freedom and rights that other countries don't have. The overall quality of the book is good. We would recommend this book to people of all ages, because we are all Americans.
ReplyDeleteGood insight! I was wondering how you found this book both traditional and non- traditional at the same time?
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This book titled A Car ride, was created by Tom. It was a total of three pages. Tom is in the 11th grade at Cranston West Hight School. He is enrolled in a Basic Sculpture and Ceramics class. Tom finds the class enjoyable because it is very involved and interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe theme / concept of this book is a car traveling alone in the dark down a deserted road; showing two different personalities on each side of the road. The setting of the story is on a long, dark, isolated road. In the beginning of the artists story one sees a car starting in the distance, in the middle of the story they are driving away. At the conclusion the car is totally gone and is no where in sight.
Interesting interpretation of of this minimalistic style artist book! It sounds very mysterious like the look of the book itself!
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ReplyDeleteThis book titled, was created by Max O'Connel. It has one page. Max O'Connel is in grade ten at CHSW. She/he is enrolled in Basic Sculpture and Ceramics. Max O'Connel finds the class enjoyable because he gets to use things using his imagination and hands.
The theme or concept of this book is about the characters/symbols of the book tells a story about baseball. The setting of the story is on a baseball field. In the beginning of the artist's story one sees the old hand holding a ripped up, torn baseball, in the middle of the story there is a black hand flattened, and at the conclude there is no hand at all.
Artistically speaking this book is creative. It is a non traditional books that people would find interesting due it's texture and unusual look. The overall quality of the book is good. I recommend this book to people of all ages because everyone is familiar with the game of baseball.
Great analysis of the intro,body and conclusion of this artist's book! What can you conclude about these analyzed portions, as far as the meaning or message of the artist's story?
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ReplyDeleteThe book titled, Fly Away, was created by Summer. It has 5 pages. Summer is in grade 10 at CHSW. She is enrolled in basic sculpture and ceramics. Summer finds the class enjoyable because she can be created and make things with their own ideas.
ReplyDeleteThe theme of the artists book is about a butterfly going through its life. The symbols of the book tell a story about change. The setting of the story is in nature. In the beginning of the artist's story one sees a small butterfly, in the middle of the story there is a butterfly flying in nature and in the end of the book their is a large butterfly.
Artistically speaking, this book is a modern art book. It is a traditional book that people would find interesting due to its color and popouts. The overall quality of the book is neat and organized. I recommend this book to people of younger ages because it tells the story of growing up and changing.
Nice, well thought out review! Nice insight on the symbolism throughout the book and great interpretaion of the sequential visual changes in the book!
DeleteThis book titled Groucho was created by Sir Swissher. It has 5 pages. Sir Swissher is in grade 11 at CHSW. He is enrolled in basic sculpture and ceramics. He finds the class enjoyable because he can be as creative as he wants. The theme of the book is comedy. The symbols of the book tell a story about a comedian. The setting of the story is in a city at night. In the beginning of the artist's story one sees a top hat. In the middle, there is a face with a cigar.At the conclusion there is a bow tie. Artistically speaking this book is very detailed. It is a non-traditional book that people would find comical due to its face and the expressions on it. The overall quality of the book is good and well put together. I recommend this book to people of all ages because it brings laughter.
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Great description of information! i feel as though I am looking at the book and seeing it fo myself. Also, nice connection made to the comedy theme!
DeleteThis book title is Shattered. It was created my Traff and had just one page, but also a detailed cover and back. Traff is in the 11th grade at CHSW. She is enrolled in Basic Sculpture and Ceramics. Traff finds this class enjoyable because it is artwork in 3D.
ReplyDeleteThe concept of the artists book I about the hurt and healing from love. The symbols of the book tell a story about her heart and how it was shattered. The setting of the story is in her body. In the beginning of the artists story one sees a perfect heart. In the middle of the story there is a guarded heart, and finally at the end of the story there is a shattered heart.
Artistically speaking, this book is extremely detailed. It is a traditional book that people would find interesting due to its story. The overall quality if the book is neat, appealing and easily comprehendable. I recommend this book to high schoolers because everyone can relate to this.
Nice thoughtful review!- Be careful about editing your writing before putting it into publish.
DeleteGood summary of the visual story!
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ReplyDeleteThis book titled Trapped, was created by A. She is in 11th grade at CHSW. She is enrolled in Basic Sculpture and Ceramics. A finds this class enjoyable because she is allowed to express herself throughout her work. The theme of this book is unity. The concept of the book is no matter the color, it all blends together as one. In the begining of the story it starts off black, throughout the middle all the colors come together and in the end it ends up white. Artistically speaking this book is modern. It is a non-traditional book. the people would find it emotional because of the colors. Overall the book is good. I recommend this book to people of all ages because it is colorful and tells a happy story.
Nice interpretation of the colors used throughout the book. Nice connection made between colors and emotions. You found a valuable moral in the stry being told too!
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January 25, 2013
Altered Artist Book
This book, The Time Traveling Fashionista was created by Lola Everheart. It has 32 pages and Lola Everheart is in grade 9 at CHSW. She is an enrolled in Basic Sculpture and Ceramics. Lola Everheart finds Basic Sculpture and Ceramics enjoyable because you are able to create new ideas and express feelings.
The theme of Lola’s book is about fashion traveling through time. The symbols of the book show how fashion changed through history. In the beginning of the story you can see ribbons showing that it’s the beginning of fashion. In the middle of the story it becomes more colorful, showing that fashion has changed since the beginning of the story. The conclusion of the story, there is mostly black showing that black is now a big color in fashion. Lola in this story shows the different types of fashion there has been over the years and does a great job with the colors expressing it.
Artistically speaking, this book is successful because there is a great selection of colors and there is a lot of creativity displayed in the book. It’s a non-traditional book because it is very unique and is unlike others. Mostly all people would enjoy the book due to its creativity and its selection of colors. I would recommend this book to females mainly about fashion. That is why I would recommend this book to females and anyone who is into fashion.
Nicely organized span of thoughts about the artist book! Good job interpreting the theme of the book and looking into the sequence of visual elements to help you find the theme of the story!
DeleteThis book is titled "My Broken Heart" by MTM. It has 16 pages. Mtm is in grade 12 at CHSW. She is enrolled in basic sculpture and ceramics. Mtm finds the class enjoyable becuase she finds the cass challenging becuae everyda she is doing something new and creative. She is always thinking of new ideas on how to improve her project.
ReplyDeleteThe theme/concept of the arttit's book is love. The characters/ the symbols of the book tell a story about a broken heart falling back in love. The setting of the story is in someones life. In the beginningof the artists story one sees darkness in the middle of the story there both in love and happy. At the conclusion, there is both and its colorful with a dark handprint.
Artistically speaking this book is moder art. It's theme though is traditional subject matter becuase people would find love and hate in it due to its colors. I recommend this book to people16 and over because its about love and people younger then 16 might might not understamd what its about.
Good job releating the subject matter of this book to the an appropriate age group. Please be careful of spelling errors. Editing is important!
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ReplyDeleteThis book titled Rain in Desert was created by Flying Peacock. It has no pages. He is in 12th grade at CHSW. He is enrolled in Basic Sculpture and Ceramics. He finds the class enjoyable because he thinks it is fun.
The theme/concept of his book is about art being dug up from the desert. The characters and symbols of the book tell a story about ancient civilizations. The artists story is in the desert. In the beginning of the story there are words of ancient tribes of some sort. At the conclusion there is present day material, basically telling at story about how old material burned to new materials. This book was really unique because he went and used different objects to make a new book appear old.
Artistically speaking this book is very unique. It is a traditional book that people would find very different due to its randomness and use of different objects. The overall quality of the book is decent. We recommend this book to people of all ages because anyone can look at it and use their imagination to make different stories about it in anyway they want. The book leaves a lot of space for imagination so you can use your own thoughts too.
Good insight about the subject matter relating to various civilations. Also very interesting how you realized that this artist left room for the viewer's use of his or her own imagination when reading the story of this artist book!
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