8th Clay Tile Unit
8th Clay Tile Unit
How can creating a personalized clay tile using various ceramic techniques allow us to explore and express our identity and leave a lasting legacy?
Creativity: Encourage creative expression in designing a tile that reflects personal identity and artistic choices.
Adaptive Perseverance: Navigating the challenges of working with clay and mastering various ceramic techniques.
Responsibility: Creating artwork that is respectful and considerate, understanding its permanent display in the school.
Global Citizenship: Recognizing the value of contributing to a collective legacy through individual expression.
In what ways can symbols, patterns, and designs represent aspects of our identity on a clay tile?
How do the ceramic techniques of slab, coil, slip, score, and hand-building contribute to the uniqueness of each tile?
What does it mean to contribute to a collective legacy through individual artistic expression?
Students will design and create a clay tile that includes their name or initials and symbols that represent them.
Master the ceramic techniques of slab, coil, slip, score, and hand building to construct and decorate their tile.
NH Art Standards:
Demonstrate a proficiency in the use of art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner (NH.ARTS.VA:Cr1-8).
Use the elements of art and principles of design to create works that communicate personal meaning (NH.ARTS.VA:Cr2-8).
National Art Standards:
Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials (VA:Cr2.1.8a).
Contribute to a collective legacy through individual artistic expression (VA:Cn10.1.8).
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