Jeff Stern with a student artwork produced as a result of this activity. In addition to learning about artistic techniques and the principles of design, Jeff Stern's art classes explored sources that Moroles drew from while sculpting.
Artists draw on a number of sources, including their cultural heritage.
Students began by working in small groups to find connections between the sculpture and pre-Columbian architecture. They were asked to describe and sketch the direction their eyes seemed to move when looking at the photograph of a pre-Columbian pyramid, and then compare that experience to looking at Granite Weaving . The Temple of the Inscriptions, a Maya step pyramid in Southern Mexico.