In February, the Edexcel Examination Board updated the proposition of this year's A-level Art C2 exam:
observe, seek, challenge
In a blink of an eye, we are only more than half a month away from the May exam, have you really figured out how to understand these three words?
Today, we will take Alevel 3D design, which is known as "the most cost-effective and corresponding to the most undergraduate art majors", as an example, and let's take a look at how to understand the C2 proposition.
At the same time, let your work be able to relate to it, and sprint efficiently!
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C2 Literature Interpretation
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As with other tracks, the Examination Board has also provided 4 references for the 3D Design track as references when announcing the exam questions:
Literature I
第一篇文献《Bearded man wearing a necklace made from pliers》聚焦于珠宝设计主题，
It illustrates how jewelry designers are constantly seeking out new materials and combining traditional techniques with modern materials, such as combining resin with plastic, to create unique and surprising craft designs.
In this process, jewelry designers need to constantly experiment and observe to find better innovative forms of new materials:
For example, designer Mareike Kanafani's concrete jewellery is inspired by Fauvist architecture, Mariko Kusumoto explores the relationship between sculpture and jewellery using fiber, resin and metal, and Adele Dejak uses recycled brass in jewellery.
Ref. 2
The second document, Katie Cuddon, discusses the most problematic aspects of pottery making:
Unfired clay is very fragile, so many artists are often shy away from making pottery with stick-like structures.
In the process of the development of ceramic art, artists began to actively innovate from the structure of the product, and finally achieved stability by changing the structure.
In particular, the artist Graham Hay completely solved this problem with "paper clay",
之后，Magdolna Toth, Harikrishnan Panicker, Deepti Nair, Cristina Mato 等设计师也都开始用这种方式来制作艺术品。
Literature III
第三篇文献《Wooden secret Japanese puzzle box》探讨了“如何利用传统开发适用于当代生活的产品”：
比如日本的 JP Games 公司开发的 Shashibo ShapeShifting Box, Cluebox- $chrödinger$ Cat 等游戏盒子，
The reason why these toys are so popular is because product designers have tapped into the pain points of users who are "fun to solve riddles and solve problems".
This type of puzzle game can be traced back to the Renaissance, but in today's world of computer games, the genre still has commercial potential.
Of course, if you want to develop such games, you must explore the history of the development of such toys.
And this brings us to a relatively niche area of art: art history!
So for high school students, if they want to study art history and related majors abroad, how to prepare in advance?
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At 19:00 on April 28th (Sunday), Wenlan Art invited Hu, a doctor of art history from the École Normale Supérieure de Paris, to share with you:
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Literature IV
第四篇文献《Abigail Jaye as Evita rehearses a scene of musical ‘Evita’at the Semperoper opera house in Dresden, Germany, 7 July 2010》的主题是音乐剧：
The political leaders who sought to challenge the traditional ideology of the time became the inspiration for many great plays and musicals, such as "Father and Assassin", "Evita", "Tragedy", etc.
This gives the set designer an excellent opportunity to create an original setting:
Many of them will use the traditional story background to build the stage structure, and reflect the complex narrative plot of the era background in each scene as much as possible, and restore the song and dance drama to the most realistic scene.
Jim Hunter's set design for Orlando Shakes' Evita, mentioned in this article, is a good example.
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#2
3D design case sharing
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Although I have read four references, I believe you are still a little vague about "what kind of works should be produced in the C2 exam".
It doesn't matter, let's take a look at the students who chose the direction of 3D design before, what their works look like!
First of all, let's take a look at the work of Rose, who chose the direction of 3D architecture:
In the section on the painting on perspective, Rose presents it in the form of "finding objects related to the city and taking pictures":
She searched for 26 letters from objects related to the city and collected some houses on the island,
She then presented her understanding and ideas of architecture through collage, and used drawings and models to present her ideas.
In the process of model making, Rose uses paper to make the appearance of the building, and then draws the structure of the building in the form of painting, drawing the structure of the building from different angles.
This is one of the capabilities that Alevel highlights to demonstrate.
However, it should be noted that Rose lacks text on the page to help explain what she did and why she did it, which needs to be avoided by the students.
In the Alevel 3D exam, students need to observe the form of recording, and show it in different ways, such as photography, painting, etc.
But how to use it flexibly still requires strong skills, not rigid splicing.
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Next, let's take a look at the work of Wenlan Art's former student, student G: "Density".
First of all, student G made a model in the form of a combination of paper and wooden sticks.
She drew the shape of the building in the form of a sketch with a needle pen, and then presented the idea in the form of a combination of KT board and wood board, fully demonstrating her hands-on ability and ability to choose and use materials.
In another work, student G used the shape of the building to combine the theme word and the building, and the first group of fonts was drawn with a needle pen according to the shape of the building, and in addition, the color of the font was flexibly adjusted.
Finally, in a thematic collage work, student G combined photos and drawings to complete the work.
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