Pottery/Sculpture

Pottery/Sculpture Syllabus

General Information:

Teacher: Mr. Ashley Hall School: 488-7455 Cell: 970-632-0894 ahall@psdschools.org

Class Materials: Students need to bring their laptop to class everyday.

Class Fee: The $10 fee can be paid online through schoolpay.

Grading: Grades in this class will be based on 4 areas as defined by the IB philosophy.

Each of these 4 areas will be an equal, 25%, part of the overall grade.

1. Knowledge and Understanding: This area focuses on pottery and sculpture vocabulary and processes. Occasional quizzes and a final test will assess this area.

2. Developing Skills: This area focuses on how well pottery/sculpture skills are learned and practiced. Daily tasks and final projects will assess this area.

3. Creative Thinking: This area focuses on the ability to develop original plans and unique ideas. Rough drafts, sketches, plans, and final pieces will assess this area.

4. Responding: This area focuses on the ability to analyze and understand artwork as well as creating artwork in response to the world around you. Written critiques and artist statements will assess this area.

The Process and Projects:

In this semester course students may practice all basic forms of creating pottery as well as sculpting in clay, wire and paper mache.

This class is designed to be self paced. Students will complete clay and/or non clay skill projects in order and at their own pace. Mistakes and failures are expected and are an important part of the creative process. Only successful projects will be graded when they are ready. When students have demonstrated proficiency in a skill they will be allowed to move onto the next more complex one. When all basic projects are completed students will then choose one or more advanced projects to complete. Each advanced project will require students to research, plan and refine an idea, create their piece, and write an artist statement. We will end the semester sculpting in wire and paper mache or foil to create Giacometti inspired figures as well as create bowls to raise money for the Larimer County Food Bank.

All tests and written work can be found in Google Classroom. Your child will have access to this site. Please contact me if you need help accessing this site.