New purpose

Since I have fully gone with google sites for each of my classes I have decided to make this site be more about my overall plans for teaching and a way for me to write about my thoughts and experiences.  I am keeping the general format that I had since I put a lot of time into putting the links of the side together but the blogging section will be more of a combination of "personal PD" note taking for myself involving art education, using technology for my classes, and any other things that come to my mind dealing with art, art history, digital photography or other aspects of the visual realm.

The new school year is approaching so I am gearing up for a whole new group of seniors and many new students.  I have a very exciting group of 6 students for my AP art history class and I am very much looking forward to teaching that group since they all were so interested and motivated in the non AP course last year.

It is the largest class I have ever had for AP3D, which is going to be a challenge since some are not that comfortable with 3D, but I need to remind myself of the group from last year when it was the same and all of them ended up with 4's and I got my first 5 for a student in AP.  So fingers crossed that this group will do as well.  My biggest issue is going to be storage space, since my room is just too small, even though I try my best and have to be creative with the space.

I am looking forward to seeing all the works they create, learning ever more about art history, and planning out my trips for break.  So far it looks like I will go to Istanbul for a week in December so I am very certain that will be most helpful for the future when teaching about Hagia Sofia, Byzantium, and also about Islamic art.

Sketchbook- planning Paper Mache

Watch these videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdOEnJXqbfk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Bh7eY5noc


YOUR PIECE MUST REFERENCE SOMETHING IN ART HISTORY-
ANY STYLE- ANY COUNTRY- ANY ARTIST- ANY PERIOD

Think about what you would want to make

Look at images to get ideas

Do AT LEAST 3 sketches to show your ideas.

Due Wen March 27

For next week

watch these video clips to get some inspiration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGkmCeHnVs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRp-tPOSDR4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ0DNU5dAgg

DEFINITELY Watch this one for technique tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO7UM1UbJOk

see this site

http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html

For March 27 either use your sketchbook  (Final Homework Grade for 3rd Quarter_
PLASTIC TAPE PEOPLE PROJECT Sketch ideas  You should come up with 5 different ideas

Things to think about: 

Does it need an armature to stand

Where will you place the piece around school to set it up ?   

Does it need other props?

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Then for the class when we come back from Spring Break

You each should bring at least 4 rolls of clear packing tape

3 rolls of plastic wrap (food storage wrap)

Shower cap?

Accessories you might want to start gathering

clothes?  hat?  gloves? 

Maybe you can stuff the figure with something?

Will you paint it?

each figure must be set up and photographed

TEAMS-  Each of you will make a figure

Alyssa Jessica

Gordon Y  Stephen

Meghan   Samantha    

David   Kyle

Gordon C  Julian

Nadia  Tiffany

Due 3-13

Watch this video

http://vimeo.com/4581265

(The Way Things Go (German: Der Lauf der Dinge) is a 1987 art film by the Swiss artist duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss. It documents a long causal chain assembled of everyday objects, resembling a Rube Goldberg machine.)

You do not have to watch the whole thing. I think after watching a few minutes you will get the idea.  BUT you might find yourself mesmerized and end up watching it to see what happens.

THEN post on your blog what you think about the video.

I want to hear your general impressions but two things you must write about:

Do you think this is art?  Why or why not?

Does it remind you of anything?

Due next Wens. March 13 when class starts.

ALSO- DUE WENS sketchbook of ideas for relief sculpture.  You should have AT LEAST 4 ideas
REMEMBER the kinds of Relief-  LOW, HIGH, and SUNKEN relief.
It can be realistic (imitational) or formal.

Create a blog and research sculptors

DUE WENS MARCH 6th

1. Create your own blog using blogger.

2.  Look at this list of sculptors and choose a few to research.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sculptors

3. On your blog, post some photos of one of the artists works and write about why you decided to choose this artist.

4, Send me the URL of the blog

Coil Planning Due Feb 18

When you come back from CNY you need to have done some planning for your next piece.

I suggest starting by looking at google images and searching  CLAY COIL SCULPTURE

See if you get any ideas there.

You can also search you tube to get some inspiration as well as examples in the technique of coiling.

Then using your sketchbook explore some ideas that you can use for when we return after break.

You should come back with AT LEAST 5 sketches in your sketchbook.

3D terminology

3D Terminology STUDY GUIDE

Four categories of sculpture:

-Modeling is one of the most common techniques for sculpting. It is an additive process in which material is steadily built up to produce the finished figure. Unlike carving, the sculptor often also has the option of correcting mistakes by removing or reshaping material. Modeling requires a malleable or plastic material which is later cured or fired to set it hard. Typical modeling materials include clay, wax, plaster, and paper-mâché.  Frequently the modeling material has limited structural strength and will need the support of an armature

-Carving is one of the oldest sculptural techniques. It is a subtractive process; starting with a solid block, the sculptor removes material using chisels and other tools to 'reveal' the finished form. Traditional carving materials include stone, especially marble, and fine grained woods.

-Casting is a method of producing one or more copies of a sculpture. Typically, the original sculpture is modeled as usual and covered with a molding material which sets hard when dry. The muld is then separated to release the original sculpture. Once the mould is reassembled, at its most simple the casting material is poured into the void and left to set. Traditionally, molten bronze is used as the casting material, or plaster, but modern alternatives include resin. When the cast sculpture has cooled, or cured, the mold is again separated to release it, and reassembled ready to cast the next copy. When molten bronze is used, it is more typical to use a lost wax or similar process so that the finished piece is hollow rather than solid.

The cast sculpture may then require some finishing work to remove mould lines and other imperfections. The sculptor may also wish to a patina or faux finish to the work to produce the final piece....

-Assemblage is ADDITIVE sculpture constructed from found objects. Typically an assemblage does not disguise the original objects used, rather it either tries to show them in a new light, or forms an imitational sculpture from the collection of shapes.

Negative space: the unoccupied or empty space that surrounds the positive shapes however, because these areas have boundaries, they also function as shapes and create a sense of line in the total design.

ARMATURE:  is a framework around which the sculpture is built. This framework provides structure and stability

Faux-    French "false". Any composited material made to look like another material or to a false finish given to a sculpture. "Faux marble" is usually reconstituted marble powder incorporated into resin, but it could also be a marble finish effect on (for example) a plaster cast.

PATINA:  defined as a mellowing of tone or texture acquired by aging

CLAY:   Mud; moist, sticky dirt. In ceramics, clay is fine-grained, firm earthy material that is plastic when wet, brittle when dry, and very hard when heated.  The most common types of ceramic clays are:    

EARTHENWARE:   Earthenware is a low-fire clay that is porous and not waterproof. (reddish color)

STONEWARE:  strong opaque clay that is nonporous and fires at high temperatures.

PORCELAIN: 1. A hard, white, translucent ceramic made by firing a pure clay 2. An object made of this substance.

PROCESS TERMINOLOGY OF CLAY STAGES:

---PLASTIC: Clay is plastic when it can be easily manipulated - modeled, molded or pressed into a desired shape; malleable.

---LEATHER HARD:  In ceramics, leather hard is a state in which clay has lost moisture to evaporation, but has not yet completely hardened. The clay is damp enough to be joined to other pieces with scoring and slip.

----BONE DRY:  In ceramics, greenware which is thoroughly room dried is said to be bone dry.

----GREENWARE:   Greenware generally refers to clay piece that are ready to fire.

----BISQUE: Bisque refers to clay pieces that have been fired once but has not been glazed.  (Hard but not waterproof)

TERRA COTTA:  1. (Cotta: "Cooked”,  Terra  “Earth")  Italian for fired or baked clay.

"Terre cuite" in French. The end product of a fired sculpture. 2. The term terra cotta clay is often used for any clay suitable for shaping and firing, except for the very fine porcelain clays.

4 CLAY BUILDING TECHNIQUES:

---Hand building – Pinching, pressing the thumb into the clay, squeezing the clay between the thumb and fingers.

---COIL - Long, snakelike ropes of clay that are used in making pottery. The coil method of making pottery involves building the walls of a pot with a series of coils into the required shape.

---SLAB BUILDING - Clay slabs are cut to shape and joined together using scoring and wet clay called slip. Scoring and applying slip to such roughened surfaces creates a bond that holds the pieces together.

---RELIEF -  A type of sculpture in which form projects from a background. There are three types of relief:

-In high relief, the forms stand far out from the background.

-In low relief (best known as bas-relief), they are shallow.

-In sunken relief, the backgrounds are cut back and the points in highest relief are level with the original surface

WEDGING:  technique to make clay plastic and remove air pockets. The clay is thoroughly kneaded and cut before use to prevent exploding the kiln during firing.

KILN: special oven that can reach very high temperatures and is used to bake, or fire clay.

FIRING:   Firing is the process of baking and hardening pottery. The high temperature fuses the clay particles together, hardening the clay. Temperatures in kilns can reach 2500 F degrees

SCORING:  Making scratches in pieces of clay to be joined together.

CLAY SLIP:  Slip is made by mixing clay with water.  Slip is a fine, liquid form of clay used with scoring to cement together parts that have been formed separately.

GLAZE:  Glaze is a thin coating of minerals which produces a glassy transparent or colored coating on bisque ware. Glaze is fixed by firing the bisque ware in a kiln. Two kinds of glaze are:

FOUR CATAGORIES OF ART

--IMITATIONAL:  depicting reality in an illusionary way.

--FORMAL:  using the elements and principles of art purely.  No subject or depicting anything from reality

--FUNCTIONAL: visually interesting objects that also have a function or serve a purpose other than to be looked at.

--EXPRESSIVE: Visual representations that are created out of emotional motivations and are to evoke emotions in the viewer

PRINCIPLES OF ART AND DESIGN 1 Unity 2 Harmony 3 Variety 4 Balance 5 Contrast/Emphasis 6 Proportion 7 Pattern/Rhythm 8. Movement

ELEMENTS OF ART AND DESIGN Line Shape Space Color Texture

revised supply list 3D

items added to the list needed for 3D class

SCISSORS (since all of the scissors in the art room have been stolen you need to have your own with you for each class)

utility knife

you might want to get a smaller utility knife as well 

again BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR OWN APRON/SMOCK for each class.

3D supply requirements

Everyone needs to have these materials here in school for class for 2nd semester

A BRAND NEW SKETCHBOOK for homework
Black sharpie Markers thick and thin
Apron, smock, or old oversized shirt

Have by February:
glue gun with glue sticks
masking tape  (thick and thin)
plastic tape (packaging tape)

Wood glue  (Elmer's brand preferred)
Metal glue (scotch brand tubes preferred)
ceramic glue (scotch brand tube)
wire of various gauges (thickness) (sold in rolls or in packages)

Assorted grades (coarseness) sandpaper 

Files of different sizes and coarseness

A Hammer

Brushes

Tote bag or box to carry your stuff from your locker to class

Later on April you will need to have
Cellfoam-  a few sheets of various thickness and colors

Optional- Spray paint in the colors you might want to use

IMPORTANT!!!! You should be looking around for materials you can use from everyday life- recyclables of all kinds can be used for sculpture materials.  THINK CREATIVELY.