Provides a lesson for a high school art course on three-dimensional design. Based on a portrait bust by Naum Gabo, the project involves the construction of a 3-D portrait bust using railroad board. Describes techniques that students will need to be taught before beginning. (DSK)

Observes that Western traditions of artistic realism create problems in school art programs, as students tend to equate realism with quality. Argues that the use of sculpture from other cultures or from contemporary Western artists who do not employ the realist idiom can help move students away from this bias. (DSK)