Sculpture Garden - Pater Familias

Grade 3 Virtual Museum Project

Central Elementary School, Wilmette, IL

Pater Familias


Lincoln Shatz made the texture of Pater Familias smooth and hard.	Pater Familias is welded and bolted by Lincoln Shatz. That is two ways to put strong things together.	One of the shapes in Pater Familias is a tunnel shape that I think would be hard to make.

Bouncy Squiggly Boomtown

Sculptures at the sculpture park gave me the inspiration to combine a couple of sculptures together to make one great one. My friend gave me the inspiration to call it Bouncy Squiggly Boomtown. I used wire and colored pebbles to complete this piece. First, I worked with wire at the start. Next, I put pebbles in my sculpture by winding the wire around the pebbles. My sculpture has 6 pebbles. The colors are: blue, purple, yellows, and clear. In my sculpture there is movement because it is a person running to Bouncy Squiggly Boomtown. My sculpture is very unique and so is everyone else's from other classes. That shows me that everybody has unique ways.

Photography and Research by: Jocelyn K.

Name of Sculpture

Pater Familias

Artist Information

Lincoln Shatz got a BA degree from Bennington College. Lincoln has a sculpture studio near downtown Chicago. He also lives in Chicago. Lincoln made this sculpture because it shows the relationship with his father.

Media

This sculpture is made of steel and wires.

Sculpture Information

Pater Familias is Latin for "Father of the Family." This sculpture has a story to it - but only some people might recognize it and some may not. I think the story might be that he doesn't get along with his father a lot. This sculpture is about the size of a baby's play pen. This sculpture is additive because he welded pieces together to make this wonderful piece! The texture is smooth and hard.

Type of Movement

Pater Familias' movement is that I can walk around it, and it looks like it's moving. It looks like it's moving because it has a tornado like shape at the top.

Personal Reflection

When I first saw Pater Familias I thought it was a very unique sculpture that this sculptor made. I also liked it because it has a cool tornado-like shape. I think it is cool because it acts like it tells a different story to each person who sees the unique piece. When the sun is shining on it it looks as though it really is moving!

Bibliography

"Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park" http://www.sculpturepark.org

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Name of Sculpture	Pater Familias
Artist Information	Lincoln Shatz got a BA degree from Bennington College. Lincoln has a sculpture studio near downtown Chicago. He also lives in Chicago. Lincoln made this sculpture because it shows the relationship with his father.
Media	This sculpture is made of steel and wires.
Sculpture Information	Pater Familias is Latin for "Father of the Family." This sculpture has a story to it - but only some people might recognize it and some may not. I think the story might be that he doesn't get along with his father a lot. This sculpture is about the size of a baby's play pen. This sculpture is additive because he welded pieces together to make this wonderful piece! The texture is smooth and hard.
Type of Movement	Pater Familias' movement is that I can walk around it, and it looks like it's moving. It looks like it's moving because it has a tornado like shape at the top.
Personal Reflection	When I first saw Pater Familias I thought it was a very unique sculpture that this sculptor made. I also liked it because it has a cool tornado-like shape. I think it is cool because it acts like it tells a different story to each person who sees the unique piece. When the sun is shining on it it looks as though it really is moving!
Bibliography	"Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park" http://www.sculpturepark.org