january 29, 2014 semester 2
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January 29, 2014 Semester 2. FIND YOUR NEW SEAT NUMBERS ON STICKER CHART AND SIT THERE STARTING TODAY You Need pen/pencil Large sheet of paper scissors What we’re doing: Making a new booklet for a new semester Vocab and intro to first clay project. Hand Building with Clay. 1/29/2014. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
January 29, 2014Semester 2
FIND YOUR NEW SEAT NUMBERS ON STICKER CHART AND SIT THERE STARTING TODAY
•You Need– pen/pencil– Large sheet of paper scissors
What we’re doing:• Making a new booklet for a new semester• Vocab and intro to first clay project
Hand Building with Clay1/29/2014
Ceramics:Pottery or clay sculpture fired at high temperatures
Vessel:A hollow container for holding something.
Pinch Pot: Vessel created with basic pinching technique. Walls should be even
Wedge: To knead clay before used to remove air pockets.
Additive Sculpture:
When material is added to an artwork
Coil Construction:Long, snake-like ropes of clay used to make forms
Slab Construction:Joining shapes cut from sheets clay.
Score & Slip:Crossed scratches in clay & add water to join together pieces
Subtractive sculpture:
When material is taken away
CarvingImages or lettering that are cut into the surface of the material
Anything can be a clay tool, but these are the basics
Fettling Knife
Rolling Pin
States of Clay
Leather hard
Stage of the clay that is best for attaching pieces and carving.
When you’re finished building…
Greenware: Clay that is completely air dry but not fired.
FRAGILE!
Fire:process of cooking clay making it permanent
Kiln:Oven that can reach very high temperatures
Bisque:Clay that has been fired once but not glazed.
Glaze: Thin coating of minerals which produces a glassy transparent or colored coating
NOTE: Glazeware must be fired AGAIN before colors turn and become glossy!
First Project: Elephants on Parade• Create an elephant using pinch pots and
additive methods of clay building– All elephants will be standing on 4 legs– Our goal is to be realistic in FORM & imaginative in
SURFACE
• The building process will be similar for all of us, but details, surface decoration (carvings, 3D designs), and overall personality of your elephant are up to you.– Perhaps it symbolizes something personal about
you?
Just some ideas for FORM
Some videos
• Ceramic artist Pamela Mei Yee Leung– http://www.pinterest.com/pin/
166703623681139784/
• Ceramic Artist: Sophie Woodrow– http://www.pinterest.com/pin/166703623681139
861/
• Health:Hayley Morris– http://vimeo.com/17644530
What’s next?• Turn in your notes• TOMORROW:• Clean out your drawer/find a drawer!
– Return ALL materials you’ve borrowed. You should have nothing in your boxes but your paint palette
• Show me your empty drawer and you’ll get clay.• Keep it moist & workable or else you’ll have to
start again.