A beginning course dealing with the basics of building forms with clay. Utilizing coil building, slab building, pinching, wheel forming and slip-casting methods, students will work with low-mid fire and raku clays. Finishing techniques include underglazes, slip colored glazes, majolica, raku glazes sgraffito and stenciling and cold finishes. Instruction is given learning how to fire electric, gas fired kilns. Glaze and glaze formulation is also taught.
I'm inspired to try and get the work I've made in class PUBLISHED and wanted to share the thought with my classmates! I found this print magazine titled "Darling" on another blog about The art of being a woman and I may submit to them or other websites and blogs I find online.
I cant wait to have our Platter-Party so I added some images that I like of ceramic made plates and utensils. I love the simple ivory plates below. The shapes, sizes and rawness of them. The blue matte colored splatter of glaze is swanky. I love the ripped cardboard style edges and textures of the ivory plates below on the right and the black lining on the shell like plates with the sun flowers in them are really stylish!
Hello All!
Please check the "Moodle Forum" where you will find our syllabus, weekly calendar and
Some notes about supplies.
For our first week's discussion, we will talk about the first two assignments;
Project #1:Individual Research Project and #2: Hybrid Forms.
Below, please find some artists that we will examine and discuss in class.
Please re-visit the slide shows as you continue to work on your projects. Click on the links provided. These will direct you to several video biographies, articles and artist statements that are required viewing/reading for class discussion and development of your individual research project.
Week 1: 1/22/13
Discuss syllabus, purchase clay, give studio tour.
Construction demos - slab, pinch, coil, build solid/hollow out
PRESENT PROJECTS 1 & 2 : INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH / HYBRID FORM
As an in class exercise, each student will make five one pound objects.
The objective is to push the clay to it's limits, experiment with texture, rip, throw, bite, etc.
(An extra challenge would be to make these objects go through a metamorphosis from an organic to an in-organic object.)
These objects will be used as glaze/surface tests.
HOMEWORK DUE
Class 2: 1/29/2013
Design one Hybrid Form
Please bring a quality drawing of the proposed form, formatted to hang, to class on 1/29/10.
The drawings will be hung for discussion, so ideas can be refined and building techniques discussed.
We will review the five one pound forms.
Consider the following: content, form development, rotation axis and mass.
PROJECT #2 (two parts) Metamorphosis Challenge: This exercise will introduce students to various building techniques and to push the boundaries of what clay will "do." It is intended to prepare students for construction of larger objects. Students will make 5, one pound sculptures of any design. They must use the entire one pound for each object. If students decide to take the "challenge," they will begin with one inorganic object and morph it into an organic object in five or more stages. (Think about making a mold of one or more of the resulting objects for later use.)
Project #1: INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECT: (Semester Long) Presentations will be at the end of the semester and are noted on the syllabus when due. Artists will be added to the blog regularly under the heading "FRESH INSPIRATION." (see below) Students should feel free to post links of interesting artists/articles to this section as well.
As mandated by the department, each student must complete an individual research project for every course. You will be provided with a variety of artists from which you can choose on the blog. You are also encouraged to explore other artists works on your own. Students will choose three artists. (The artists don’t all necessarily have to be visual artists) This choice should be given great consideration, because not only will you be spending a great deal of time with these artists in the course of your research, but because you will also be expected to tie some aspect of these artist’s working methods (directly or indirectly) to at least one of the pieces you will produce for this class over the course of the semester. It is extremely important that you take the time right away to begin your search. Be sure you locate three artists who you really find provoke an emotional response from you. Do your research in earnest. Delve deeply into forming a real and unique critical understanding of the relevance of the work to your own current understanding, taste and interests. Remember that these are the issues on which you should concentrate. This is not to be a report, in which you will relay a condensed biography, a series of facts or an amalgam of writings by art critics and historians. The nature of the assignment is to achieve a personal, critical dialog with the artist and the work. This is a semester-long project, and the quality and depth of your work should reflect this time frame.
The specific requirements of this research assignment are:
1. A short (minimum of 2 pages) written paper/essay.
2. A Power Point (or other digital-based projection program) presentation of not less than 10,
and not more than 25 images to your subject.
3. Towards the end of the semester, each student will be required to give a brief presentation
(10 to 15 minutes) about their subject.
