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3-D Design: Quality -- Section I
The student works displayed on this page are examples of works submitted for this section by students in June 2003.
All of the samples here were chosen because they clearly represent different points on the scoring scale for Section I, Quality. In the course of the AP evaluation, each section of the portfolio is scored on a six-point scale. Once the evaluation is complete, the various scores assigned to each student's portfolio are combined and transformed into the final AP grade of 1-5. The requirement for Section I of all three Studio Art portfolios is five pieces. For 3-D Design, two slides of each piece are submitted. Each group of five works (10 images) is accompanied by a brief rationale for the scores awarded to the works. We greatly appreciate the generosity of the students who have agreed to share their works in this way.
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Sample Work
Portfolio 1
Portfolio 2
Portfolio 3
Portfolio 4
Portfolio 1: Quinn Bell, Murray High School, Murray, Utah
Score 6
The work is of consistently high quality and reflects a confident knowledge of materials and technique. Elements and principles of design have been well internalized by the student and are employed to express a forceful and elegant personal vision. Mass, volume, texture and light are explored with sensitivity and sophistication.
* Important Note:
The numbers of the slides run from top left to bottom right.
- 7 x 5 x 20, stoneware
- 7 x 5 x 20, stoneware
- 9 x 4 x 10, stoneware
- 9 x 4 x 10, stoneware
- 6 x 6 x 5, stoneware
- 6 x 6 x 5, stoneware
- 27 x 4 x 10, stoneware
- 27 x 4 x 10, stoneware
- 13 x 10 x 7, stoneware
Portfolio 2: Haley Rosengarten, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, Connecticut
Score 5
This work demonstrates a strong grasp of principles of 3-D design, notably texture, volume and the interplay of occupied and unoccupied space. There is a playful exploration of the expressive qualities of materials. Not all pieces are equally successful, but there is a clear sense of direction and personal voice.
* Important Note:
The numbers of the slides run from top left to bottom right.
- 15 x 5 x 6, clay, wood, metal, wire
- 15 x 5 x 6, clay, wood, metal, wire
- 24 x 14 x 10, clay, wood, wire, copper
- 24 x 14 x 10, clay, wood, wire, copper
- 14 x 10 x 10, clay, wood, metal
- 14 x 10 x 10, clay, wood, metal
- 14 x 10 x 9, clay, wood, metal, wire
- 14 x 10 x 9, clay, wood, metal, wire
- 19 x 5 x 4, clay, paper, wire, metal, wood
Portfolio 3: Catie Sweetwood, Holy Innocents Episcopal School, Atlanta, Georgia
Score 4
This work reflects a solid sense of direction, and aesthetic intentions seem to be resolved with some success. Some of the media used are simple or modest, and the mastery of technique is incomplete, yet the work displays a lively engagement with design issues, especially repetition/variation, occupied and unoccupied space and the interplay of line and plane. There is evidence of an emerging student voice.
* Important Note:
The numbers of the slides run from top left to bottom right.
- 15 x 11.5 x 6, clay
- 15 x 11.5 x 6, clay
- 29.5 x 6 x 17, paper
- 29.5 x 6 x 17, paper
- 9 x 12.5 x 14, wood
- 9 x 12.5 x 14, wood
- 16 x 8.5 x 11.5, clay
- 16 x 8.5 x 11.5, clay
- 36.5 x 6.5 x 12, clay
Portfolio 4: Brett Jorrey, Naaman Forest High School, Garland, Texas
Score 3
The work shows an engagement with the unique properties of materials and an emerging grasp of 3-D design issues but the pieces are not fully resolved. There is a tentative exploration of issues, including volume, movement, surface and interior vs. exterior space but, overall, the work lacks a sense of challenge.
* Important Note:
The numbers of the slides run from top left to bottom right.
- 9.5 x 3.5 x 3.5, ceramic
- 9.5 x 3.5 x 3.5, ceramic
- 19 x 12 x 11, plastic
- 19 x 12 x 11, plastic
- 10 x 7 x 9, ceramic
- 10 x 7 x 9, ceramic
- 13 x 10 x 9, oxidized metal
- 13 x 10 x 9, oxidized metal
- 4 x 12, plastic
- 4 x 12, plastic
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