BUST A MOOD

Essential Questions:

What characteristics or features will best represent the subject of the bust?
What ceramic techniques and processes will you use to create the bust?
How will you incorporate texture, color, and detail into the bust?

Learning Targets:

Students will analyze and select specific characteristics and features that effectively represent the subject of the bust.
Students will identify and apply appropriate ceramic techniques and processes (such as hand-building, sculpting, molding, and glazing) to create the bust.
Students will effectively incorporate texture, color, and detail into the ceramic bust to enhance its visual and tactile qualities.

Process Page

Inspiration

Look for 3-5 images showing where you got your inspiration for your bust. Your images can be of other busts, reference images for how you want to decorate your bust or anything that has to do with your design. Add the images to the inspiration section of your process page and explain what you like about the images. Your bust does not have to be realistic; it could be thematic.

Develop

Add a picture of your brainstorming sketches to your process page in the develop section. Below the picture explain what you are planning to make.

Create

Step 1: Prepare your clay.

Step 2: Form your base following the video above.

Step 3: Form and add your details to show the mood you want to express.

Step 4: Take a picture of your bust and put it on the Greenware to Bisque Fire shelves.

Step 5: Add your picture/s to your create section and write about what happened while making it.

Step 6: Glaze your bisque ware and put it on the Glaze Fire shelves.

Reflect

Step 7: Take pictures of your bust at multiple angles.

Step 8: Add your photos to the reflect section of your process page.

Step 9: Answer the reflection prompts below and type them in your process page reflection section.

What characteristics or features did you use to represent the subject of the bust best?
What ceramic techniques and processes did you use to create the bust?
How did you incorporate texture, color, and detail into the bust?

Step 10: Show Mrs. Tuohy your finished page.

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