Friday, March 28, 2014

POST #3 PLAN for Cylinder

I am making a replacement small pitcher for my sister because she like the one I made in the past but the handle eventually broke off.. They used it every day, it was the perfect size for them to pour their own milk in the cereal





This image didn't work well for the cylinder... because when it wrapped around I could see the "m"

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Post #1 PRODUCT Soft Slabs- Slump Molds, Surface Design:Stencil, Scraffito, Texture

I had so much fun working with the soft slabs I could just go one and on!
In the first three images I used an aluminum pie plate as a slump mold and the drop techniques to give a nice gentle concave depression in the clay.
Texture



Before scraffito to flower

After scraffito




Plastic... texture only



Underglaze added

POST #2 Find Inspiration: Planning for Unit: Cylinders- Technique #1 Carving and adding Handles

Post #2 Planning for Unit: Cylinders- Technique #1 Carving and adding Handles
Find 3 images and Describe…Using the wheels above
·      2 examples of a basic cylinder FORM that have different FUNCTIONS
·      1 example of Carving on Ceramics….


Basic Cylinder:

Function 1
 IMAGE

Description
 5 sentences

Function 2
  IMAGE

Description
 5 sentences


Carving

Description
 5 sentences

ALL THREE POST ASSIGNMENTS: Final Post for Soft Slab Unit... Planning for Cylinder Unit

       


Post # 1 UNIT SOFT SLABS and Surface Design (texture, scrafitto, stenciling)

Show at least 2 images (quality) of your work drawing, inspiration or initial start… then show where completed work OR whatever the current state it is in.
Write Reflection on this
·      Discuss your idea what inspired you and why.
·      Discuss how this technique can be used to create various forms and function
·      Discuss your own success and failure through the process of experimenting, and then moving into planning preparing your more formal individual Self Directed work

Post #2 Planning for Unit: Cylinders- Technique #1 Carving and adding Handles
Find 3 images and Describe…Using the wheels above
·      2 examples of a basic cylinder FORM that have different FUNCTIONS
·      1 example of Carving on Ceramics….


Post #3: Planning Composition for Cylinder
Find a Motif that you would like to use for a pattern in a wrap around th form composition
OR
Find typography that will be used to create a Monogram combined with a Symbol…
Post your Plan/Idea

See Mrs. Murrays Blog for example:





Note the second assignment in this unit will be to create the Altered Cylinder through pinching, darting and or paddling

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...


Saturday, January 25, 2014

Pinch pot plan

flock of birds... salt and pepper




Pinch pots with Added elements
IDEA
Show 1 Drawing
1 Image
Write the PLAN
steps you will take...

Function?


 
Add caption


This is where I would write a brief paragraph describing my goal, plan idea... how I expect to accomplish my goal, what steps I expect to take and or what I am wondering about

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Pinterest Links


My Pinterest Boards: These are added to on a regular basis

Handbuilding
Pinch Pots ceramic-pinch-pot
Colis ceramic-coils
Slabs ceramic-slab-designs
Slabs Soft Leather ceramic-plates
Slab 3 Cylinders ceramic-cylinders
Slabs 2 Form Construction ceramic-boxes-wit-lids

Ceramic Surface Design ceramic-surface-design
Surface Designs 2 ceramic-emboss-impress

Other Ideas
Small Stuff ceramics-small-series
General ceramics