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Welcome Thank you for using this pre-visit resource. We believe this will help strengthen student learning leading up to and during your gallery visit. Due to the different versions of Power. Point schools may use, please check for, and correct any formatting issues before you use this presentation with your students. Please check by viewing in slide show format before making any necessary changes. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me. Learning Experiences Outside the Classrom Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts Phone: (09) 577 0138 ext 7703 jeremy@tetuhi. org. nz Jeremy Leatinu’u Education Coordinator

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Welcome to Art with an Artist During the next few lessons we will be exploring… • The art of casting Before we start, let’s recap what we learnt during our last lesson… Image: http: //www. coca. org. nz/artists/70/

Mona Lisa c 1503 -1519 Painted by Leonardo da Vinci • the word original means something that is first, something not copied from. • the word copy means something trying to look exactly like another. • an original artwork is something that has been crafted by the artist himself or herself. In the last lesson we learnt… • a copy can look like the original but is not exactly the same.

Let’s start this lesson by exploring “The art of casting”. Image: http: //tiffanysingh. com/shows/medi-tation

What is casting and what does it look like? Bronze cast Wax cast Concrete cast Plaster cast Casting is an art making process where an artist makes copy of something else. To make a cast an artist can use materials such as bronze, concrete, wax and plaster to name a few. Image: http: //www. clyattsculpture. com/Figurative_sculpture. html http: //www. hastingscityartgallery. co. nz/whats-on/trade-me http: //larritt-evans. blogspot. co. nz/2011/04/concrete-chesterfield. html http: //www. homebasecollections. co. nz/oar-prints/

Casting Bronze cast Wax cast The bronze metal is heated artist To create a bronze cast the until it becomes hot liquid. This is then first has to make a copy of the carefully using into the mould sculpturepouredclay or wax. from the top. The artist would then surround the outside ofbronze becomes hard Once the copy with plaster and more clay, leaving a hole at and is cool enough to touch, the top. plaster is pulled away clay and revealing the bronze sculpture. The mould is put in an oven Concrete cast Plaster cast melting the wax and hardening the clay and plaster. Choosing the right material mould important materials that the with, such Bronze and concrete a specific beand something to artistsmouldhave used With casting will choose are Let’s material to at some fill that can withstand all a can and durable to This is sometimes based on Some artists there is always strongtake a lookcast. the messagewho artist wants casting in smooth and can to make art. to wax. sorts of weather. Wax and plaster are texture, colour and overall be held make. as bronze, plaster, concrete orby a strength, light andinteresting ways appearance. person easily. Image: http: //www. clyattsculpture. com/Figurative_sculpture. html http: //www. hastingscityartgallery. co. nz/whats-on/trade-me http: //larritt-evans. blogspot. co. nz/2011/04/concrete-chesterfield. html http: //www. homebasecollections. co. nz/oar-prints/

Rachel Whiteread Earlier we saw artist Rachel Whiteread and her concrete cast of an entire house. For this project Rachel decided to spray every inch of the inside of the house with concrete. This included the walls, ceiling, floor, windows, fireplace, stairs and doors. Once the concrete dried and hardened she pulled away the outside of the house, revealing the concrete and impression of the house. Image: http: //www. image-identity. eu/artists_images_folder/england/rachel-whiteread http: //archiclog. wordpress. com/ http: //landscapearchitecture. tumblr. com/page/473

Michael Parekowhai New Zealand artist Michael Parekowhai is a well known artist living and working in Auckland city. In 2011 Michael was chosen to represent New Zealand in one of the world’s biggest art shows. For this art show Michael decided to make a life size bronze cast of two grand pianos, both with bronze bulls on top. The artworks reflect Michael’s interest in art that can be seen and heard when played. Image: http: //www. ronnieworld. com/Art/Venic-Biennale 2011/17843482_d. FKn. FM/1/1364518294_m. RPLt. Wz#!i=1364518294&k= m. RPLt. Wz http: //christchurchartgallery. org. nz/blog/bunker-notes/2011/12/08/parekowhai-in-paris/ http: //www. roslynoxley 9. com. au/artists/70/Michael_Parekowhai/1308/44741/ Bulls are well known in Venice where the art show was held.

Tiffany Singh New Zealand artist Tiffany Singh is well known for her cast artworks made from honey wax. Tiffany casts figures belonging to particular religions that are of personal importance. Depending on the show Tiffany will cast 20 -700 wax figures, each with different colours. People play an important part to Tiffany’s art. She often invites gallery visitors to exchange something for one of her artworks. Image: http: //cleobarnett. com/2011/11/29/artist-you-should-know-tiffany-singh/ http: //media. auckland. ac. nz/nicai/finearts/Elamupfront / http: //www. hastingscityartgallery. co. nz/whats-on/tiffany-singh-preserve http: //www. creativenz. govt. nz/ This means the artwork changes from her wax figures to objects and notes left by visitors.

As recap seen, ‘copy’ have learnt so to Let’swe haveon what we and ‘original’ are far… two very different things…

What did we learn so far? An original • means something that is first, something not copied from. • artwork is something that has been crafted by the artist himself or herself. A copy • means something trying to look exactly like another. • can look like the original but is not exactly the same. Mona Lisa c 1503 -1519 Painted by Leonardo da Vinci

We look forward to having you all here End of lesson