Course Syllabus

WELCOME TO CERAMICS!

WHEEL THROWING WITH AMIE CILUFFO LARSON

SYLLABUS LINK

GRADING POLICY

LAB FEE 

VIRTUAL STUDIO TOUR WITH MS. LARSON

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Tuesday Feb. 1, 2021

Hi Everyone-
We will use this zoom for today's class 11:45 start time.  So you know, we will each chat 1:1 today to figure out what you still need to complete so the semester can be graded for you.  I understand that we will not have any in person learning days, which means coming to my room will fall on your shoulders.  You are required to stop by Thursday OR Friday sometime between 7:20-1:10 to pick up your work and clean off your shelf.  Any clay work you have completed this semester will need to be photographed and uploaded to the final works module on Canvas.  We will discuss this all at 11:45 today.
See you in a bit!
Ms. Larson
Join Zoom Meeting 11:45 TUESDAY FEB.1
https://wellesleyps.zoom.us/j/87411865045?pwd=ZXc3ZEZzSytxeXpDa3JMNlFHajFLZz09

Meeting ID: 874 1186 5045
Password: 217152

 

Week of January 19-22

Tuesday 1/19--I will explain glazing to EVERYONE!!!

Remote cohort-use the remainder of our time to create a geometric design on the bisque vessel you brought home.  

Wednesday 1/20---I will remotely guide the in-person cohort on glazing and explain the geometric design assignment to the remote cohort.

 

Copy of email I sent home January 8, 2021:

Hi all,
I wanted to touch base before next week.  I know you do not have my class January 11-15 week, but you may need to stop by.  I will have open studio hours 7:30-8:00 all week so please come in!
You have NO MORE clay days left for the semester.  January 19/20 you will be glazing what you have already created and you will be cleaning off your shelf and photographing your work.  A new module will open in Canvas called COMPLETED WORK.  All of your in-studio work needs to be uploaded to this module.  If you have work at home already, be sure you have a picture that you can upload!
I am asking that you return the styrofoam tray AND the wooden board that I gave you in your remote kit.  The rest of your materials you are welcome to keep or bring them back if you no longer need them.  
On our final class days we will be photographing work and uploading, completing an evaluation and making sure you have everything that belongs to you from my room.
If you have questions, please come by next week.
Thanks everyone!
Ms. Larson

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Week of January 4-8

Welcome Back!!! This week we will be focusing on functional teapots. 

Remote:

I have a 20 minute video to show on an artist and then you will spend time sketching and making a 3D mock-up for a teapot you plan to make in class.  Use your oil clay for the mock up and any paper you have for the sketches.  Please upload 3 ITEMS by the end of class:

1. Your page of sketches

2. Your 3D Mock-up of your teapot

3. Your reflection on the video

All of this can be found in MODULES: Artist Series Akira Satake

In Person:

Finish glazing work from before the break and then begin work on your teapot!

 

Those of you who are present remotely, but should be in class, here is your extra assignment that needs to be completed: Open THIS

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1/2 Day Wednesday Dec. 16

Look at the foil art of two famous artists:

Tom Friedman-(his statement taken from Artsy)

"Tom Friedman’s sculpture is recognizable for its highly inventive and idiosyncratic use of materials like Styrofoam, foil, paper, clay, wire, plastic, hair, and fuzz. Working autobiographically, Friedman uses painstaking, labor-intensive methods to recreate seemingly random elements from his life. In each piece, he pays obsessive attention to detail, particularly in the replication of the objects that surround him. In Untitled (Bouquet) (2010), random objects appear to balance precariously on top of a studio crate, but the crate is actually made from Styrofoam and painted to look like a crate. “Art, for me, is a context to slow the viewer’s experience from their everyday life in order to think about things they haven’t thought about,” Friedman explains. “Or to think in a new way.”

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/tom-friedman-huddle

Toshihiko Mitsuya

Born and works currently in Japan

https://www.toshihikomitsuya.com/works/works19.html

https://youtu.be/AFLRAcHJ82k

 

Sketch from one of these amazing artists.  Upload your sketch to the Module!

 

Week of Dec. 14-18

Remote:

Upload your reflection from the Hand Willis Thomas assignment...under Modules!

In person:

Trim and glaze!

 

Week of Dec. 1-4

In class: Evaluate your tumblers and try to do it again!

Remote:

1. Look at this artist-

https://www.hankwillisthomas.com/WORKS/Sculpture/thumbs

Using FOIL, make your own sculpture inspired by Hank Willis Thomas.  Be prepared to write and share an artist statement for this piece!

2. Using your Oil Clay, make one of the foods you ate on Thanksgiving Day.  A slice of pie, turkey, hot apple cider...

UPLOAD images of both of your works to the Modules!

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Weekly UPDATES Nov. 16-Nov. 20

1/2 day Plan:

Basquiat:

Why Is Jean-Michel Basquiat Hip-Hop's Favorite Artist?

 

Trimming your tumbler:

Trimming a tumbler on the wheel

 

Chattering on the wheel:

Chattering on the wheel

 

Remote Assignment this week: Play with Oil Clay!  Use this image to inspire a magical creature of your own.  Feel free to find other inspirational images/illustrations to use.  I will add a Module for Oil Clay and you will upload a picture of your object there.  Be ready to discuss as a class!

Oil Clay Inspo1.JPG

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Weekly UPDATES Nov. 1-5

Monday Indoor lunch in Little Theater!!! 1st lunch!

ZOOM for 1/2 Day today is the 1/2 Day zoom link!!!

Remote Assignment this week:

Use the canvas that is in your Remote Art Tool Kit along with sharpies, paint, pencils, white out or anything else you have to create a piece of graffiti-inspired art based on the work of Jean-Michel Basquait.  

Jean-Michel Basquiat

American artist
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. Basquiat first achieved fame as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed ... Wikipedia
Born: December 22, 1960, Brooklyn, New York, NY
I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.
I don’t listen to what art critics say. I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.
To see his work:

https://www.artsy.net/artist/jean-michel-basquiat

 

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Wednesday October 21

Throwing Videos:

Centering:

https://youtu.be/seZbyX1gpyc

https://youtu.be/NVP4VVQxeJ8

Opening & Pulling Walls:

https://youtu.be/CfsxLNg8830

 

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Monday October 19

Good morning!  See you all at 11:45...remember we have first lunch in TENT E!

Remote Assignment: Define all the clay terms Due Wednesday

Object Self Portrait Due Wednesday before class.  During our class you will have time to view work by your peers and post comments to their work.

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Monday October 5, 2020

WE HAVE 1st LUNCH!!! Remote students, I will see you on ZOOM at 11:45!!!

GREEN BLOCK LUNCH for us will be in TENT E!!!

Loose Ends:

-Please pay your LAB FEE (Links to an external site.)

-Please be sure your Experience with Covid work is uploaded!  Use this site (Links to an external site.) to convert .heic files to .jpg if you are having trouble!

-Click on the MODULES tab to your left to look through the syllabus, grading, virtual field trip and take the QUIZ!  This is DUE Wednesday October 7 by 8am!

Access code is in directions...it's the word ready
 
:)
Terms to Study:

SUBMIT THE DEFINITION NEXT TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS;

  • Clay Body Terms
    • clay body- type of clay.  This refers to the color and firing temperature
    • greenware- clay that is RAW, unfired.  This term is used to describe clay before it goes into the kiln for the first time.
    • earthenware-low fire clay body
    • stoneware-mid fire clay body.  This is what we use!
    • porcelain- high fire clay body 
    • bisqueware- term given to clay once it has gone through the kiln.  It can NO LONGER be re-used!
    • glazeware- term given to clay once it has been glazed
    • leatherhard- greenware clay that holds it's shape, but can still be carved into.
    • plasticity- flexibility of the clay.  The plasticity of a clay body refers to the  amount of flexion the clay will tolderate.
    • porocity- refers to how porous the clay body is and the small air pockets left behind as the clay is fired. 

Study these terms!!

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Tuesday Sept. 22

Zoom 11-12:15!

Check in for 10 minutes then you will have time to complete your Covid Art and upload to Canvas.

Check out at the end!

To discuss:

LAB FEE

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Monday Sept. 21, 2020

Good morning Ceramic Artists!  Our zoom will be 11:00-12:15pm today.  Use the link below or click on zoom to the left!  See you soon!

Netiquette Norms (Links to an external site.)

Synchronous Learning Plan

Ms. Larson

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Hello and welcome the ceramics wheel throwing!  We will be using a variety of material this year in class both on and off the potter's wheel: at home and in our WHS Ceramics studio.  Below you will find the zoom links for our Wednesday meetings AND for your remote learning day for Green block Week A!  I will continue to update Canvas and all the information you need will be right here.

Looking forward to meeting you and working with all of you!

Ms. Larson

Thursday 9/17 GREEN 9:20-9:55

Zoom link:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://wellesleyps.zoom.us/j/97689280280?pwd=SnNjalA2bmNwTnhZTSs2dm5ZSUxDdz09

Meeting ID: 976 8928 0280
Password: 4x&08d<30

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Wednesday 1/2 Day Zoom-Week A GREEN (8:40-9:00):

Join Zoom Meeting
https://wellesleyps.zoom.us/j/92702078425?pwd=azQxVmVTMUtyemZucVZpSjhyR3QxZz09

Meeting ID: 927 0207 8425
Password: 0n*42i@80

 

Monday's & Tuesday's Week A GREEN Block (11:00-1:00pm * This includes lunch time-stay tuned!)

Zoom for your remote day:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://wellesleyps.zoom.us/j/95688897668?pwd=ZGdZT3ZlN092cUE3bzArUFhyRFVHZz09

Meeting ID: 956 8889 7668
Password: 1a+79i_39

 

 

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