Course Syllabus
WELCOME TO CERAMFAM!
HONORS CERAMICS INTENSIVE WITH AMIE CILUFFO LARSON
VIRTUAL STUDIO TOUR WITH MS. LARSON
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January 27/28
Since this you already worked on the above assignment, please upload a picture of your designed piece to the Paper Vase Design Module and then move on to the following assignment. You will find everything you need in the Module called Winter Design under the Oil Clay Heading,
Winter Patterns & Designs Assignment
Week of January 11-15
Remote-Thursday 1/14/21
Using slabs of clay and textures, make a full size teapot! Feel free to make slip at home or use white vinegar for connections. If you need clay, please come by the studio at the beginning of the week! Upload an image of your teapot to the finished work Module!
Remote- Friday 1/15/21
Paper Casting
1/2 Day-
We will go through the Korean Pottery Module. I am going to HOLD OFF on explaining what your social commentary/social action work guidelines are.
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Week of January 4-8
Check your email for 1/2 Day work or join me on zoom and I'll explain!
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!
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Tuesday Dec. 22
1st Lunch!
Use your oil clay and make a scene from an activity you hope to participate in during the winter break!
Post to module!
FRIDAY Dec. 18
Thinking about the duality of art and the huge variety of artists in our world, please look up and find AT LEAST 2 artists that come from underrepresented communities. Foe example...I have been looking into Puerto Rican Female artist to share with you. Identify two groups you would like to highlight and bring to the conversation. Then look for artists within those communities. Remember an artist can be a poet, musician, sculptor, painter...SO MANY!!
Please put your artists; their communities and your website resources into a google doc and share it with me. We will use these artists to inspire our artist series throughout the year!
This is your assignment for the day. I am out today so NO ZOOM!!! Share your doc with me! :)
Thursday December 17
REMOTE CLASS TODAY!!!
*****The reeds can soak 10 minutes up to 10 hours. You just need them to be soft enough to bend without snapping. I will open our zoom at the start of class to answer questions, but joining the call is optional. You will need your time to complete this so only join if you have questions!*******
There will be NO live link for class today. It will be up to you to follow the instructions below, complete the assignment and POST 3 images of your work to the module! Our class block is 75 minutes and I expect that you will utilize ALL of this time to create your sculpture. In order to receive credit for your work today, you NEED to post 3 PICTURES of your progress by 3pm today!
Natural Reed
Nest, Cocoon or Cave
Step 1. Take your natural reed and submerge it in water. Use a sink, bathtub or 9x13 cooking pan for this. Be sure it is submerged! If not the reed will snap!
Step 2. Once you have submerged your material, continue reading while your reed soaks!
Step 3. Find your colorful wire in your art took kit and any string, yarn, fabric, or even dental floss that you might want to add. **The only required materials are the ones I gave you. The others are merely suggestions!
Step 4. Check to be sure your reed is still submerged!
Step 5. Look at these works that have been created from natural reed and/or wire:
Step 6. Set a timer for 40 minutes and work with your softened natural reed, your colorful wire and any other materials you may have around your house to create a nest, cocoon or cave. You are free to use the wire independent from the reed or in conjunction with it. The way you secure the ends of your reed is by tucking them to the inside of your sculpture. As long as the reed is softened, it can bend without snapping. If you have yarn you can tie the reed in place, but DO NOT USE your colorful wire to tie the reed in place! The wire should accent, enhance or embellish your creation.
Step 7. Post 3 PICTURES of your creation to the Module!
Module---
Oil Clay---
Nest, Cocoons & Caves (<-----POST HERE!!)
If you have extra time, work on your sketches from the foil artists that we discussed on Wednesday!
Ms. Larson
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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 (Links to an external site.)
Toshihiko Mitsuya
Born and works currently in Japan
https://www.toshihikomitsuya.com/works/works19.html (Links to an external site.)
https://youtu.be/AFLRAcHJ82k (Links to an external site.)
Sketch from one of these amazing artists. Upload your sketch to the Module!
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Week of Dec. 1-4
In person:
-Meeting with me individually to finalize Scholastics!!!
-Finish Artist-inspired work
Remote:
1. Look at this artist-
https://www.hankwillisthomas.com/WORKS/Sculpture/thumbs (Links to an external site.)
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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USE THE WEDNESDAY NOV. 25 Zoom Link for our class TODAY--TUESDAY 11/24! Remember we are starting at 11am!
UP NEXT:
Scholastics:
https://www.hankwillisthomas.com/WORKS/Sculpture/thumbs
Hank Willis Thomas works in a variety of media and his work speaks to identity, race and perspective along with a number of other over arching themes relevant in our society today. Take time to look at his work as he will inspire our next Artist Series.
Weekly UPDATES Nov. 16-Nov. 20
Basquiat:
Why Is Jean-Michel Basquiat Hip-Hop's Favorite Artist?
Remote Assignments this week--Check Modules to upload!:
1. Write an Artist Statement based on your graffiti/ street art inspired work. Think about making work through the lens of another artist and also think about your own journey of creation.
2. 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!
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Weekly UPDATES Nov. 1-5
CLASS BEGINS AT 11:45 TODAY!!! See you soon!
Up Next: Korean Pottery-Chawan Bowls and Casserole Dish with Lid
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
https://www.artsy.net/artist/jean-michel-basquiat
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DAILY UPDATES
Wednesday Oct. 21
Clay Bust Check in!!!
Proportions of the face and head. Sculpting a head in clay. Basic facial proportions.
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Thursday October 15
-Continue working on your clay bust
-Define clay terms
This is a B Week...so that means you have 1st Lunch Thursday/Friday! Tent B OR Gym if the weather isn't good!
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Friday October 9,2020
Complete the Artists that Inspire Quiz! Due next Friday October 16!
Wednesday October 7
How do I sculpt a clay bust/head?
Building An Armature And Sculpting A Head In The Round
(This one above is long, but you might enjoy it)
Sculpture Tutorial - Making An Armature For A Bust
Sculpture Tutorial - Blocking Out the Form
Sculpture Tutorial - Creating References
Facial Proportions:
Proportions of the face and head. Sculpting a head in clay. Basic facial proportions.
(This video is poor quality, but it worth it to see how they measure...)
Facial Proportions Worksheets:
https://www.thedrawingsource.com/proportions-of-the-face.html
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Wednesday September 30
Loose Ends:
-Please pay your LAB FEE.
-Please be sure your Experience with Covid work is uploaded! Use this site to convert .heic files to .jpg if you are having trouble!
Artist of the Month-we have November, February, April, June
Morning Pages
Summer Assignment
-Click on the MODULES tab to your left to look through the syllabus, grading, virtual field trip and take the QUIZ! This is DUE Thursday October 8th by 8am!
Week A class 11:00-12:15 3rd lunch
-Week B class is 11:45-1:00 1st lunch
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Thursday Sept. 24
To discuss:
Artist of the Month-we have November, February, April, June
Morning Pages
Summer Assignment
Work Time!
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Wednesday Sept. 23
Zoom 10:20
Join Zoom Meeting
https://wellesleyps.zoom.us/j/94347791322?pwd=ZUk0UXVTODQxMnBFZm5BemhnbXJtdz09
Meeting ID: 943 4779 1322
Password: 2e!77f*21
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Friday Sept. 18
Class today- check on Covid-related art mock up
Review:
See you soon!
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Wednesday 9/16 CHANGE to Schedule!!! See below!
Friday ONLY 9/18--12:45-1:20
Join Zoom Meeting
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Password: 5o#93k?24
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Wednesday 1/2 Day 10:20-10:40
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 943 4779 1322
Password: 2e!77f*21
Thursday's AND Friday's 11-1 (lunch is in here too!)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 916 6435 1455
Password: 8v=34b%27
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