Model-Making 101

There is a lot of math in this project. Who knew? In order to plan our exhibit and make sure all the art fits on the wall in an attractive way, we have to plan out the space, down to the last inch. In order to do this, we are building a scale model of the Clay Center's upstairs gallery, and "installing" scale models of each painting on the walls to see what our exhibit will look like and to ensure that it all fits together nicely. The Clay Center graphics department generously donated some foamcore to build our model with, and we also picked up a nice floor plan, complete with measurements of all the walls, when we visited last Friday. Now, we are reducing those measurements to create a model that is perfectly to-scale, so we can see what our exhibit will look like before we actually hang the art in the gallery.

It's a good thing we all paid attention in math class. Who knew we would be using those skills outside of the math classroom? I think, secretly, we all knew. Math is everywhere. Even in art!