NIU Sculpture ARTS 261 - Fall 2023

As the Semester and Season comes to a close we are once again happy to showcase

the artwork of the NIU Sculpture Department

NIU Sculpture
ARTS 361 Beginning Sculpture
Spring 2024

Featuring the works of NIU Undergrads:

Ashley Catlow
Geri Kelly
Mary Parsons
Ava Simons
Ruby Warner

Project works include:

Brutalist Vessel Project (concrete)

For this assignment students needed to create and design an object based on where it is and what it holds/contains/organizes. The material/process for making your container will be poured concrete, each section is molded off the previous section for a total of three sections that fit together or within each other.

Chindōgu Project (wood)

Chindōgu (珍道具) is the practice of inventing ingenious everyday gadgets
that seem to be ideal solutions to particular problems, but which may
cause more problems than they solve. The term is of Japanese origin.
Chindōgu translates to “unusual tool.”

Students needed to identify a problem(s) in their everyday life and design
a solution for said problem.