Requirements

Requirements: 

• 3 Pages of Notes from the demonstrations (8 1/2"x 11" or 4 + pages with smaller sketchbooks.)

• 3 Sketches of what you would like to make (draw them roughly "to scale" or roughly 8 inch sketches) MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE YOU BEGIN 

In this unit you will make 1 coil form. The requirements are listed below. 

• 5-7 lbs of clay (think 5-7 lemons-worth of clay)

• Focus on form and shape: your vessel must be either traditional or unique in form

• 3/8”maximum thickness on all sides  

• Must be at least 8” tall (Use the bottom of your locker instead of the top)

• Base must be minimum 3" in diameter. NO ADDITIVE FOOT!

• Keep walls consistent thickness.

• Either the inner or outer side must be smoothened

• No wobble of form due to uneven base

• Non-representational (does not resemble an animal, emoji, flowers, heart, etc)

• No slumped walls due to poor timing/lack of awareness of stages of clay

• Either the inner or outer side must be smoothened

• Non-representational (does not resemble an animal, emoji, flowers, heart, etc)

• Your vessel must “hold volume” (ie. liquid, cotton balls, pencils,etc)

• Your work must be clean and refined

• Your work must reflect creative design decisions with the form

• No telescoping clay to meet your height requirement

Suggestions:

"Stretch and compress" the clay to create movement and interest in the form

Create spirals, twists, braids, spheres, as part of the design. 

Do reductive work (carving)

Do additive work (Make things and add them to the form)

Play with repetition, imprints, and texture

Try out your fingers and tools--anything you think will create an interesting result.