UCO Design Foundations - 1 Black Square

One Black Square - Exercise 1

Assignment

Use rubber cement to mount a 2” x 2” black Artagain paper square in the correct position on a 10” x 6 3/16” piece of Bristol. Then mount your rectangle and square composition on a piece of black presentation board that creates 1 inch “frame” around your work. Flap the final piece with tracing paper and protective paper. Attach a label to the front of your work that identifies you, the project, and your instructor. Ask me no questions! Just think, and do the best you can.

Learning Objectives

- explore the relationship between objects and format in two dimensional compositions

- present work that has no unintended visual information (e.g. smudges, extraneous marks and other indications of poor craft)

- present work that matches project specifications

- identify your work using a specified template

Craft

Make your lines perfectly straight, sharp crisp and clean, and take the time to clean up all stray pencil marks, smudges, and excess rubber cement.

Tools and materials needed for this exercise

- Presentations board
- Bristol
- Artagain (black) paper
- Tracing paper
- Craft paper
- Drafting Dots
- Pencil
- Xacto Knife (and blade)
- Metal Ruler
- Rubber cement
- Rubber cement pickup
- Double stick tape
- Sharpie Ultra fine
- White plastic eraser

Helpful tools

- Scissors
- Clear beveled ruler

Deliverables

- a single composition with a single black square
(10" x 6 3/16")

- mounted on presentation board with 1" borders on all sides
(12" x 8 3/16")

- flapped with tracing paper and protective paper

- a hand lettered 2" x 2" identification label with your name, the project name, and your instructor's name as shown below

Value - 25pts

Points are earned by completing every step shown in the videos below with a high degree of craft.

Specification Detail, Tools, and Media