Inspired Speaker

Stoneware (12x4x4)

Objective: Create a ceramic phone speaker that utilizes structural and / or specific design elements from a piece of ceramics found in the history of Ceramics  (normal font)

Culture Studied: Nishapur (Iran)

Research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pBvZPdhQbJi8BpP0QfgSbGtaotUwhsjskNByAnrJqQg/edit?tab=t.0

Reflection:

The Essential Question for this project is: How can an ancient culture influence a new phone speaker?  What culture and work did you look at when you were beginning this project?  What did you do to show your inspiration in your speaker? How did you make connections; what did you keep and what did you alter? What were your reasons for changes? (The image from which you took inspiration should be inserted at the top of this page. Please be sure to list the culture that created your piece)

The culture that I researched that inspired my speaker project was the Nishapur civilization of Iran that survived from the 15th-16th century. I picked a shallow bowl/serving plate piece from this time period because I liked the color scheme and overall design of the piece. I added these same patterns and relative colors to my speaker in order to honor the design. I kept  the same general pattern and color but altered the shape and some aspects of the pattern by adding my own spin on it. I had to make some changes due to the fact that the speaker and plate are very different.

How effective is your speaker?  How does it change the way you hear the sound? Why do you think you got the results that you got?  How might you have changed it to get better results?

My speaker is effective because it directs and amplifies sound well. If you want to play sound in a room, it isnt the best for that, however if you want to make it louder in a more specific direction it does that well as it funnels sound efficiently.

Thoroughly describe another student's work that you admire. What do you think would have been the most challenging part of making it; why?

Another student’s work that I really admire is Hakon’s. I really like how he used the underglaze method to make his scale like patter pop through his glaze. I also like how it has a life-like aspect to it as it forms an animal. I think a challenge of his would be hollowing out the inside in a way that maintains structural integrity and still looks like his animal.