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Construction Exercise

Rowena Reed Kostellow Digital Archive

a light fixture composed of wires and curved planes
Student Work, Author Unknown, 2010s
a black and white photographs of stacked and intersecting planes and forms
Student Work, Author Unknown, 2000s
a black and white photograph of planes, wires, and rods intersecting and balancing in a complex configuration
Paige Havener, BID 2019
a color photograph of blocks, wires, and balls balanced in a complex composition
Student Work, Author Unknown, 2000s
a complex configuration of blocks, wires, and balls in a black and white photograph
John S. Ives, BID 2017
Megan Lighty, BID 2017
a complex composition made of cylinders of varied diameters
Student Work, Author Unknown, 2010s
white wires and cylindrical forms balanced in a complex composition
Student Work, Author Unknown, 2010s
curved planes, a wire, and a sphere arranged in an organic composition
Student Work, Author Unknown, 2010s
a scale model of an elaborate red building made of sweeping planes
Student Work, Author Unknown, 2010s

The first Advanced level problem, the construction problem asks students to create abstract and emotional compositions using a variety of materials and forms. The linear, planar, and volumetric elements should all be included.