Specimen Collection Assignment Guidelines

Assignment:

Students will make a paper sculpture that reflects ideas associated with a specimen collection. The sculpture will consist of a container with three sections and three specimens. A visit to the science lab here on campus and historical information from the book To Have and To Hold will offer inspiration for the specimens. The specimens will be "hybrids", merging two formal observations from the real world to create an innovative, invented specimen.

Student work will be juried for an exhibition on February 5, first floor Proctor Library. Details discussed in class. 

hybrid | ˈhībrəd | noun 1 the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule (a hybrid of a donkey and a horse): the bird was a hybrid of a goose and a swan | a hybrid of wheat and rye. 2 a thing made by combining two different elements; a mixture: the final text is a hybrid of the stage play and the film. • a word formed from elements taken from different languages, for example television (tele- from Greek, vision from Latin). • (also hybrid car) a car with a gasoline engine and an electric motor, each of which can propel it. adjective 1 bred as a hybrid from different species or varieties: a hybrid variety | hybrid offspring. 2 of mixed character; composed of different elements: Mexico's hybrid post-conquest culture. • (of a motor vehicle) having both a gasoline engine and an electric motor, each of which can propel it: these hybrid cars can be driven over short distances in electric-only mode. • involving a mixture of work or study conducted in the usual location and from home, making use of computer technology: there are concerns that shifting to hybrid working may only benefit those with office jobs | hybrid learning is the key to education in the near future. 

originearly 17th century (as a noun): from Latin hybrida ‘offspring of a tame sow and wild boar, child of a freeman and slave, etc.’.
hybridnoun this is a hybrid between a brown and albino mouse. cross, crossbreed, mixed-breed; mixture, blend, meld, amalgam, amalgamation, combination, composite, compound, conglomerate, fusion, synthesis; informal mash-up. adjective hybrid varieties of rose. composite, cross-bred, interbred; mixed, compound, combined, blended, mongrel, impure. ANTONYMS  pure-bred.

Science

• Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding
  • Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two Vitis species
  • Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two different genetic parent strains
• Hybrid (particle physics), a valence quark-antiquark pair and one or more gluons
• Hybrid orbital (chemistry); see Orbital hybridisation
• Hybrid solar eclipse, a rare solar eclipse type
• Hybrid star (disambiguation), with properties normally found in different types of stars

Objective

Provide an opportunity for art and science students to share materials and concepts related to their discipline. 

Demonstrate to art students that creativity is not limited to artists, rather an inherent aspect of all disciplines. 

Materials

• White watercolor paper. The sculptures will be all white. 
• Can also use white XXX paper
• Cutt Matt 
• Exacto knife
• Scissors
• Gorilla White Glue (use toothpicks to apply glue)
• Optional - Tweezers, student needs to supply, sometimes helpful for attaching small pieces of paper. 

Size

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Steps To Take

Step 1

Read To Have and To Hold

Step 2 

In class discussion for To Have and To Hold

Step 3

Visit Science Lab

Step 4

Gather research and ideas

Step 5

Bring at least three printed out pieces of research to class. 

At least two sketches. 

Step 6

In class discussion/share session for research and ideas. 

Step 7

Begin work on final solution. 

Information for Personal Blog

Refer to checklist in file section of Canvas. Blog postings due at end of semester.