Sculpture, pen and ink drawings, drawings in color,

cajón drums and wind sticks

by 

The Webb School artists

The art exhibited in this case draws on six different assignments that were given to the artists:

1. Students were asked to create a piece of sculpture with scrap wood, integrating color and pattern into their design.

2. Students were asked to use various drawing techniques to render a still life composition using pen & ink.

3. Students were asked to create a pen & ink drawing of an object in the room.  

4. Students were asked to integrate multiple designs into a color drawing that would create an illusion of movement. The shapes originate in early African and American Indian cultures. The quilt patterns add a hard edge design to balance more primitive elements. 

5. Students were asked to create cajón drums from cigar boxes.
(A cajón is a Spanish word meaning “box” or “drawer.” Drums made from cigar boxes were created by slaves of West and Central Africa in the Americas. An article from Wikipedia explains “The cajón was most likely developed in coastal Peru during the early 1800s….[One] theory posits that slaves simply used boxes as musical instruments to combat contemporary Spanish colonial bans on music in predominantly African areas. In this way, cajóns could easily be disguised as seats or stools, thus avoiding identification as musical instruments.”)

6. Students were asked to create mobiles, or wind sticks, while integrating color, balance and contrast.

The Webb School at Bloomfield, a satellite program of The Institute of Living’s Grace S. Webb School. For more information about the art in the case, please contact art teacher, Margaret, at the Webb School, at 696-0023.