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Line Exercise

Rowena Reed Kostellow Digital Archive

a color photograph of a studio exercise featuring curved copper wire and a wood block
Meghan Day, 2020
a color photograph of a studio exercise featuring curved wires and a wood block
Student Work, Author Unknown, 2010s
a color photograph of a studio exercise featuring curved wires and wood blocks
Student Work, Author Unknown, 1990s
a color photograph of a studio exercise featuring curved copper wires
Student Work, Author Unknown, 2000s
a color photograph of a studio exercise featuring red and yellow curved wires and wood dowels
Student Work, Author Unknown, 2010s
a color photograph of a detail of a studio exercise featuring curved wires
Student Work, Author Unknown, 2010s
a black and white photograph of a studio exercise featuring curved wires
Student Work, Author Unknown, 1970s
a color photograph of a squiggly wire line
Student Work, Author Unknown, 1970s
a black and white photo of a squiggly wire line
Student Work, Author Unknown, 1970s

In this exercise students work with eleven different types of curves and the straight line to create a three-dimensional solution to a problem using only lines, often made of wire.