Ceramic Artist Paper

Google "List of ceramic artists"
Find an artist you like.
Describe why you like them in terms of form, shape, color, texture, unity and MEANING
Describe what their artwork is about.
1/2 page typed.

Historical Sculpture Remix Project

Historical Sculpture Remix Project Requirements

Research Paper:
You must research a sculpture that is more than 100 years old. 
    Select a sculpture that can be recreated in clay and can stand upright on it’s own.
    The sculpture must be fully 3D and appear different from any angle.
Create a typed 1 page research paper:
    Describe the culture where this sculpture comes from.
    Why was this sculpture created? What did it mean to the artist or people that made it?
    Imagine that the sculpture was created in the present day- explain how it could be different. How would you remix it?
    Why did you choose this sculpture?
    Use proper spelling and grammar.
    Cite sources that you get your information from.
    1 Page typed
    Double spaced
    Include a printed map with a star indicating where this sculpture came from. (this does not count as part of your 1 page).

     Include a printed picture of the original sculpture.
Sculpture:
Recreate the sculpture you have researched:

    Create it fully 3D - do not ignore the back side or simply make it flat.
    Score and slip pieces together.
    Include texture where appropriate.
    Burnish areas when necessary.
    Piece must be over 8 inches tall.
    Make sure large areas are hollow.
    Add or change parts of the sculpture that will make your audience know that it is from the 21st century.
Here is a list of areas/cultures/historical periods to search through during your research:

Ming Dynasty Nok People Archaic Period Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Bambara Dogon Egypt Jin Dynasty Liao Dynasty Wei Dynasty

Colima Equador Columbia Peru Mesopotamia Aztec Kofun Han Dynasty Qin Dynasty

Clay Vocabulary

There will be an upcoming quiz over the following terms:

Slip – A mixture of mostly water and clay.

Plastic Stage – When clay is very soft and stretches without cracking.

Leatherhard Stage – The best stage to attach pieces of clay together- the clay is firm, but carvable.

Greenware Stage – Also known as “bone-dry”; clay cannot be worked at this point.

Bisqueware – clay has been fired once. It has been permanently changed and cannot be reclaimed. This stage is when you apply glaze.

Glazeware – After the clay has been fired the second time and the glaze has turned to a finish.

Glaze – This is applied to a piece of bisqueware and then fired to create a glossy or smooth surface to a ceramic piece.

Kiln – A piece of equipment that is used to heat clay to a high temperature; the clay becomes very strong and permanently changed from the heat.

Wedging – similar to kneading dough; this process works out air bubbles and creates a consistent clay body. It can also be used to remove excess moisture from clay.

Scoring/Slipping – This technique is used to attach two pieces of clay together. First you scratch each piece of clay where they will connect, then you apply this liquid clay solution to ensure the pieces stay together.

Coil method– A way of handbuilding that involves rolling out thin long pieces of clay and spiraling them up to form a vessel.

Pinch method – a way of handbuilding that involves gently and continuously pressing your thumb on the inside of a ball of clay with your fingers cupped around the outside.

Slab method- a method of handbuilding that can be done with a rolling pin; you roll out thin sheets of  clay and cut them into sections to create sections of the vessel.

Potters Wheel – a device used to create clay pots that can spin at very high speeds.

Bat – A wooden or plastic disc or square that clay is placed on while working on a project.

Reclaim – the process of taking unwanted greenware, slip, and very dry clay and returning it to a consistent plastic stage clay body.

Fable Research

1. Choose a fable with a moral that is personally meaningful to you from www.aesopfables.com

• Or a fairey tale, or myth
• Offline sources (books) are okay – especially if the computers don’t work

2. Summarize the fable

• Several sentences is fine.

3. Write down the fable’s moral. Rewrite the fable into your own language (so it doesn’t sound out-dated)

• Or… write your own fable that uses the same moral…
• Your fable should be ½ - 1 page in length