Journals / Preparation / Due Date
Week 1
APPLICATION OF SURFACE COLOR
Using Colored Slip aka Mason Stain and Underglazes for Layered Surfaces / CII
Eight Tile Series
Rubric
Concept Sketches / SJ1CAD Article: The Art of Self Critique. Notes. So What…?
SJ2CAD Article: From Concept to Reality. Notes. So What / Create a GoogleDoc called 8 Surfaces (for sharing) and designate one page in your sketchbook journal for EACH technique listed below.
HW: Make a Page “Header”
Research Techniques
1 Sgraffito
2 Inlay (Mishima on a wheel thrown mug)
3 Photo Transfer:
a)Customizable Underglaze Transfers with Paper Stencils
b) Screen Printing
4 Majolica
5 Shellac (Resist Etching)
6 Slip Trailing
Marbling/Feathering
7 Slip Transfer
8 Paper Masking/Stencils
a) Sticker Resists
9 Terra Sigillata with Jeremy Randall, and How to mix and apply
10)Stamping (color patterns) / Research on 10 Surfaces and SJ1 and SJ2to be done
Wednesday, Feb 4th
Week 2
Artists Pertaining to Technique
1 Linda Arbuckle
2 Anne Sax and ______
3 Mitch Lyons
4 Lorna Meaden
5 Erin Furimsky
6 Meredith Host
7 Erin Furimsky and
8 Andrew Gilliatt
9 Liz Zlot- Summerfield
10Paul Andrew Wandless / CII
Eight Tile Series
Rubric
Concept Sketches of 8 Tiles Peer Reviewed on Rubric
a) Format: Will your tiles be on display as (individual art pieces)?
OR Will your tiles be on display together (as a part of a larger whole)?
b) What size will each tile be?
c) What’s your Color Scheme / SJ3
- Find motif examples you are inspired by as shown and explained here.
-Define: Mason Stain, Engobe, and Underglaze
SJ4
Designate one page in your sketchbook journal for EACH technique listed below.
SJ5
Store your SIGNED Safety Contract here
SJ6
Notes: Watch Mitch Lyons
-Working with Underglazes as Pastels and
-Stick Figure Inlay / Eight Tile Series Concepts Due Friday,February 6, 2015
PEER REVIEW CRITIQUE:
What will your tiles look like in the gallery?Refer to Rubric
Week 1
HANDBUILDING USING MOLDS / # 1
Soft Slab Functional
Set of Four Dishware / CW:
- Define (explain in your own words) Hump, Slump, Sling, Sprig.
- Find two artists on Ceramic Arts Daily that demonstrate the use of molds that you’d like to use while making your Functional Set of 4. / HW:
- Bring in two forms you’d like to make a Plaster Mold of. (One should fit inside the other).
Week 2
HANDBUILDING USING MOLDS / Soft Slab Functional
Set of Four Dishware / Construction of Functional Set of 4
Pour plaster mold of the 2 forms from home. / HW:
- Surface Plan for Set of Four Dishware / Set of Four Dishware Forms
Due but
(KEEP DAMP)
1-31
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Week 4
APPLICATION OF SURFACE COLOR / Option A:
Shallow Slab Box:
(Square Slab Plate) with square coil as reinforcement frame assembly on back) or
Option B: (Round Slab Plate) with holes in foot ring for wire hanging option. / Dishware w/ (square or circle)
4 in Diameter
or
Slab Cylinder Tumblers
4 in Tall
Concept Sketches with Motif Applied / -How to Prepare the Slip Video
-Prepare Mason Stains and Slips
-Label Containers
-Test Tiles and Label
-Make Clay Pastels / - Make Templates for the 8 forms you will be applying Colored Surfaces
- Make a Cheat Sheet (Practice the Steps of your Design on Paper) for Each Technique
2-14
Week 5
MODELING
HUMAN
or
ANIMAL FIGURE / #3
Narrative Figure
-Human Bust, Torso, or Full Figure
-Full Bodied Animal / Define: Armature, Maquette, Modeling, Idol, Metaphor, Symbolism
2 Human Figure Ceramic Artists
1
2
Two Notable Animal Figure Artists / Watched
Video @ which was helpful
Principles to Focus on:
Movement, Emphasis, Balance, Proportion
Week 6
MULTIPLES WALL SCULPTURE/
INSTALLATION / -type in ceramic pillow>images
See MAREN KLOPPMAN
See also
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 1 Essential Questions:
Which Mold is also called “Press Mold”?
Draw a “Sling Mold.”
List Two benefits to using a “Sling.” List Two benefits to using a Plaster Slump Mold.