safari sculptures
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Clay animal figures
Safari Sculptures
Complete page 1 in your notes packet. Research online how different cultures around the world depict animals. What do animals mean to other groups of people?
Get inspired by the past…
Ancient Egyptian
Ancient China
Native American
African
Modern
Just like humans, animals have different characteristics and personalities. They can be known for being brave, loyal, smart, slow, gentle, sneaky…
Animal traits
Draw your chosen animal in 3 different views because it is sculpted “in the round”
HAND BUILDING
WHEEL THROWING
CERAMICS
Pinch pot slab
coil
A variety of earthy materials formed by the breakdown of granite rocks over millions of years.
PLASTIC CLAY: moldable, moist clay that can be formed into a variety of things
CLAY
Clay that is starting to dry but has not done so completely; firm clay
Feels cool and dampVery fragile, breaks easilyCan be scraped and
smoothed
Leatherhard
• Clay that is completely dried out (bone dry) and is ready to be fired in the kiln.
• very light brown color
Greenware
Clay that has been fired in the kiln once and is ready to be painted or glazed
White colorHard as a rock
Bisqueware= bisquit, baked
Clay drying
soft
hard
A special oven or furnace that can reach very high temperatures and is used to bake, or fire clay.
Kiln
Firing• Firing is the process of baking and hardening pottery.• Clay is hardened by heating it to a high temperature, thus fusing the clay particles. • Temperature in kilns can reach 2500 degrees.
Scratching the surface of two clay pieces when joining them together
Then add slip to create a bond between 2 pieces of clay
Scoring
a mixture of clay and water that serves as a glue and is placed on scored areas of clay.
Slip
If slip acts as an adhesive, and scoring makes two pieces of clay like the opposite sides of a zipper, then they should stick together permanently.
Connecting Clay
COIL construction
Long snake-like ropes of clay that can be joined together to form a pot, bowl, or vase
Joining shapes together; thick sheets of clay. Roll it out like a pancake then cut out the desired shape.
Slab
An artwork created in 3-Dimensional form
Sculpture
A work of art which is viewed from all sides and has width, height, as well as depth
In the round
Texture – the feel of a surface
Sample animalsculptures
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