DESIGN IN CLAY September 28th (Day 8)

WARMUP

 As you enter the room you will need to acquire the accordion book you created during our last class. The following image will be projected on the screen:

Above, work by: Damien Hirst

You will begin class by opening to the first page of your accordion book and making a sketch of this sculpture. On the adjacent page you will be asked to label the drawing with the artist's name and tile of the work. You will then answer the following:

• How has this artist used TEXTURE in the work of art?
• What effect on the overall piece does this create?

You will have the first 10 minutes of class to complete these pages in your book.

LESSON FOR THE DAY

FOLLOWING THE WARMUP

You will acquire a worksheet which you will use to generate an artist statement. The worksheet will have the following questions for your to consider:

• Why did you choose your idiom?
• Why was it meaningful or interesting to you?
• Discuss how the work grew through the planning process
• What specific challenges did you come across?
• How did you overcome them?
• What is most successful about your piece?
• What could be improved?

You must answer four of the above questions. You must answer the following as well:

• Is your final piece meaningful to you personally? Why or Why not?
• What could you have done differently to make it more meaningful?

You will have the first 20 minutes of class to complete these pages.

LESSON FOR THE DAY

WE ARE NOW FINISHING THE WORK.
This studio session is the first of our last two classes to develop the work. Class on Wednesday October 4th all works will be completed for critique. The information that follows has been presented before and is here for your review:

The specifics of each individuals work will relate directly to the sketches you produced during the idea generation stage of this artwork. We are far enough into the process of this artwork that the criteria you will be evaluated on need to be established. Every work, regardless of its theme or style, will be evaluated on the following measures:

• Expression of ideas and feelings
• Composition
• Technical Skills
• Inventiveness and imagination
• Risk taking
• Personal style, effort, and attitude

For your reference you may refer to the following rubric for specific scoring breakdowns and definitions of each criteria. These expectations are being made very clear so that you may strive for the most successful artwork:

From previous classes:

Largely we will continue to produce rough cut tiles that meet the following requirements established in our previous class:

• Tiles range from 4x4 inches to 6x6 inches in size
• Tiles are 3/8 of an inch thick
• Tiles are first established with a smooth front surface and rough rear surface
• Tiles are measured and rough cut around the desired size

The background will first need to be produced over the entire surface of the tiles before moving on to the relief sculptures of the middleground and foreground. The background is required to meet the following criteria:

• Background is created by pressing tools into the smooth clay surface to create texture
• Textures are purposeful and organized
• Images and icons created in the texture relate to the illustration of the idiom

These issues will be addressed with examples to the whole class as well as through one on one assistance.

AFTER PARTY

We will, at this time, use the seesaw app to upload images of our artwork and continue building a digital portfolio. If you have not yet downloaded the seesaw app please do so as soon as possible.

All work in clay will need to be wrapped in plastic and stored away for our next lesson.

PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS

Remember to come to class prepared with a sharp pencil and a sharp intellect.

Mr. Voelker