Ideas for Sculpture

Through my work as a teaching artist in various NYC public schools and art learning spaces, I discovered that there are many problems in these spaces that confines creative learning and teaching. Most of the classrooms that I taught are in underserved neighborhoods and have no curriculum brings participant's attention to the idea of space - an essential element in art in conjunction with line, form, color, and composition. Many chairs are treaterous since they are heavy and made of steel, and thus are especially difficult for students to carry and put back up onto the desks after each class. Researchers in both education and ergonomics has proven that there are objects and decorations that are placed in the classroom that enhance or distracts teaching and learning. 

I plan to make/design various art objects that also serve as devices for the art learning space - at the same time possible proposal for schools or any art teachers seeking a more creative learning environment to easily assemble or make. One idea is interactive school stool/chair sculpture for all ages. I will use found wooden and plastic stools/chairs in combination with approximately 1 inch wood/plastic planks to be glued and  that are etched with various laser cut shapes as well as manually carved out with angle grinder and chisels. As an educator who like to give out stickers to encourage learning, the textured or etched surfaces can be used as student's sticker boards. Plastic boards can be served as erasable sketching/note taking boards. 

Initial stool/chair possibility links:

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30178879/?query=BEKV%C3%84M&icid=iba|us|unbxdsuggestion|201811132211556208_1 

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50178411/