1. In my presentation today I wish to consider how I
did my research for the sculpture scheme
and how I will apply it in the classroom
 First I will show how I
developed my ideas in
the sculpture project
 Second I will show the
research of
contemporary artist
Anselm Kiefer and the
Maasai tribe and what
aspects I think will be
valuable to present to
students
 Third I will show
the research of
zines and three
dimensional
screens which will
show students how
to work on their
own ideas of
Maasai life and
their homes.

2. My starting point was looking at the
materials used by the artist Anselm Kiefer.
 I was interested in
how he made
books from lead
and cardboard to
make sculptures
that were
suggestive of ruin

3. I started experimenting with making little
paper books and then larger paper books

4. I painted one of the books and had the idea of using it as a
piece for a story and I painted a cardboard box which I
folded out into two screens, painting the inside white and
outside black.

5. I used one of Kiefer’s forest images and drew from
this onto the cardboard using pencils, colouring
pencils, pastels and white spirits.

6. I added some objects I had collected to the
foreground along with one of the paper books and
photographed them.

7. My experimentation in the sculpture project gave me two types of
ideas that the students could use to make three dimensional
sculpture about the Maasai tribe and vernacular architecture.
 Two is that they
use their zine as
inspiration to make
a three
dimensional free
standing cardboard
screen using their
own designs and
other materials
 One is that they
create their own
zine with their
partner focusing on
questions about
the Maasai tribe

8. With this in mind, I will present students with sets of questions on the
Maasai tribe and Anselm Kiefer. They can then investigate these according
to the artworks we look at and the way of life of the Maasai tribe. They can
answer them in their own expressive ways through making their zines and
cardboard screens. Here are sample questions I will use.
 Look closely at Kiefer’s artworks.
 List the range of materials
he uses in his art-making.
 Do the materials surprise you?
Why?
 Are his artworks paintings or
sculptures?
 Describe their surface qualities and
the range of colours he uses.
 What do they remind you of?
 Imagine you could step into
one of his artworks. What sounds
would you hear? What would it
smell like?

9. With the Maasai tribe, I will ask the students to look up first
and second hand account information. Here is an example of
some questions from a Maasai and American exchange
project aimed at recording Maasai oral history.
 Q Do the Maasai wear shoes? They seem
to do a lot of walking.
A The Maasai people wear shoes, too. In
the past the open shoes were made from
the cowhides and they lasted longer.
All types or shoes are worn these days
but some do not like them though.
Children go to school and shoes are part
of their uniform.
 Q. Do they draw pictures to tell stories?
A. The Maasai do not draw pictures to tell
stories.
 Q. Since Maa is an unwritten language; I
wonder how the Maasai communicate with
each other if they do so in ways other
than oral storytelling? Or has it been
forbidden, or taboo, to even consider such
a thing?
A. Maasai didn’t have their language
written. Most Maasai people did not go to
school and it was easy to communicate
even without written Maa.
Their main way of communication was
through oral conversation. They passed
on information from village to village
through Ilomon. If two elders met on the
way, they would both converse and tell
information about their family, health and
anything new that is happening. If they
had some important information that has
to be passed to everybody they would call
a meeting entumo. This is how
information is conveyed.

10. Students can now format their questions, answers and
thoughts about the Maasai into a zine of their own
invention. Here is an example of a zine making workshop
with Aaron Rose
 http://youtu.be/YFud1dKIhek
 Zines are self published materials
with short print runs. Zines can be
about anything from your favourite
band to what you did on your
summer vacation.

12. Cardboard screen by Luci Lytle
From their zine, students can use this as inspiration to
make a screen that uses cardboard and other materials.