ceramics
Ceramics is pots and other articles made from clay, hardened by heat.
SYLLABUS vocabulary glossary learning Targets for students
Steps for Choice Based Art reflection prompts
ceramics Youtube playlist Demos by Ms. fitzpatrick
Ceramics resources slides
make a box w a lid from a slab.
Cream and sugar using a template & slab technique
Paper stencils.
Experimental coil vessel video.
Lakeside Pottery's site answers many of your questions.
Ceramic Arts Daily video series.
Ms. Fitzpatrick's demos for all media
Ceramics through history ppt.
RULES OF CERAMICS - Clay clogs the drain, never put clay in the sink.
- Never touch other student work. It could break. Bone dry work is most the fragile.
-Make and remake work until your work is well-crafted. Only A & B work will be kiln fired.
-While the clay is wet, etch your name on the bottom of your ceramic work.
- Unfired clay can be recycled endlessly. Once fired, clay cannot be recycled.
- Underglaze is painted on unfired work (greenware), then bisque-fired. Glaze is painted on bisque-ware and refired. Do not mix up these materials.
- Participation is part of your grade. - Conserve materials. -Each kiln firing takes 2 days.
- Apply underglaze to greenware after Ms. Fitzpatrick sees it and gives approval to do so.
- Proper clean-up is required by all students. Clay dust is hazardous.
INTRO & SKILLBUILDING ART GLOSSARY
CERAMICS INTRODUCTION Ceramics tools
history: ceramics timeline
What does an A or a B look like? Ceramics Tutorials on YouTube
Ms. Fitzpatrick's demonstrations pinch pots Pottery Wheel
slab construction teapot lesson
how to roll a slab and give it texture teapot tutorial (slab)
Underglaze and Glaze glaze directions & color charts
Ceramic Decorating Techniques The Complete Guide on How To Glaze Pottery
EXPERIMENT! "The outcome of experimentation is knowledge, and failure is just as valuable as success, because one has expanded one's awareness of one's own abilities, one's deeper ideas, the potential of a media, a process, a genre, an art-form. ... Artists must experiment in order to find their way around themselves." Why Artists Must Experiment - Medium
CHOICE assignment STEPS - choice assignments are an opportunity for students to challenge themselves & further develop craft
1. FIND INSPIRATION
draw what inspires you - 3 or more thumbnails / write about it -document facts learned / explain why this inspires you & how you'll use this in your work
Pinterest (all boards) ceramics sculpture
figurative sculpture tea bowls
ceramics timeline traditional ceramics forms
ceramics video tutorials Contemporary ceramicists
These 13 Ceramic Artists are Reshaping the Medium
2. IDENTIFY SPECIFIC, CHALLENGING GOALS
Describe what you want to accomplish.
What will you make?
What ceramics skills do you want to improve?
Set a learning target - learning Targets
3. PLAN - make models / maquettes
After brainstorming, plan - make 3 sketches before settling on your idea.
Make a small model or maquette to help you resolve technical & design questions before beginning your final piece.
4. PRODUCE WORK
Your work should show effort and be well-crafted / Strive to improve your skills and show growth / In order to be fired, work must be well-crafted (A or B work) / Work represents sustained time on task / Get feedback from 2 peers.
5. REFLECT
Reflective writing includes responding thoughtfully to 4 or more reflection prompts in your sketchbook or typed on your slides.
Refer to the Studio Habits of Mind as you work and reflect.
Photo transfer plate Ms. F made for Mr. Q.
This was the first week of Ceramics class when we returned to buildings after working remotely for a year. Here, students experiment with pinch pots. (9/21)
