Sunday, February 23, 2014

Trivet tiles

http://cpgartlessons.blogspot.com/2013/03/grade-4-7-lesson-adding-and-subtracting.html?m=1


Thursday, February 13, 2014

Planning for Soft Slabs... Slump and Hump Molds

Planning for Soft Slabs- Using Slump/Hump Molds

I. Find 3 examples and post image of plates, platters or other ceramic objects that could have been created with a flat slab over a mold-form

II. Write a brief paragraph under the image…perform an Analysis various Elements & Principles to create Surface Design. Use the 4 components of the Circle above to help you identify and describe what you are looking at




If possible include what you think the technique used might be



Ideas to guide your search:
#1 Find a plate that uses multiple combined Slab Shapes to create the overall form

#2 Find a plate that uses one type of shape or line to create a Surface Design. See if you can identify the way it is organized, which Principle of Design is used…

#3 Find a Plate or other form (may have different use/function i.e. wall clock, plaque)
that utilizes an interesting non geometric outer shape.

Consider:
Why do we add Design to our household every day items?

Why do we like shape so much? What other things to we make into fun shapes?

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Plate Design Ideas - Slump Technique

Find examples of the following
1st
A set that uses a matching Symbol with the element of LINE


Idea 2
Texture with Handles or feet
Idea 3
Using an different out shape Cute a Template of your own...



Idea 4 Shapes added


Idea 5
Using several Combined Shapes together to create new Shape

Links to other parts of this site
paper-stencils

platter-using-slump-molds.html

Tab for printmaking

Friday, February 7, 2014

process complex combined pinch pot birdfeeder birdhouse

Today I showed the class how they can draw on to or should I say transfer a drawing using water-soluble marker on paper and then applying it to the Clay
I also show them how they can use stencils or templates for cutting shapes

I then began to draw my design that I carved with the thistle it is a symbol of a fissile which is the Scottish flower
I kept it covered up to have it dry slowly and when it is leather hard to hard leather hard I will do the finishing touches

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Pinch Pots 2 Combined Complex Plan- Drawing and Images for Inspiration



The basic form is a hemisphere, by combining two and joining them together you can create a hollow Sphere Form which can become a lot of things we see around us

Below is one example illustrating how everything can be INTERPRETED... (seen) in its basic Form-Shape (for drawing). Learning how to understand how complex forms are essential a combination of simple forms


I am thinking about creating something like this...