Giacometti Armature Sculptures

There is no confusing the style of Alberto Giacometti. Rough, slender sculptures that appear to be almost erroding take the name of Giacometti.

An Italian sculpter born in 1901, Giacometti has a style all his own.

 As we learn how to create different types of sculptures, we learned that armatures are a vital core to so many sculptures, and these are apparent in the works of Giacometti.
The armature of a sculpture is most simply put, the skeleton. Proportions, poses, and designs are determined with the armature which is later added to to create the final product.

Mimicking the rugged style of Giacometti, our students planned, formed, and sculpted a slender armature of a figure that is posed doing something that represents them. Surprisingly, they were all so different!

Dasha and Carina worked in tandem to create a sculpture performing a acrobatic act they claim to do all the time ;) I think we need a live demonstration!

Here, Michael applies the plaster to his armature.

After copvering with a coat of black paint, and then accented with metallic paint, the "bronze" sculptures were complete.

We have Julia, our swimmer...

Our performers, Viktoria and Alina...

A few of our many athletes...

And there's our acrobatic duo! (With the hidden infinity symbol for their eternal friendship!)

This makes for a pretty cool looking series of armature sculptures!