Class #3
Project Description:
For this project students had the chance to make an animal. They started with coming up with ideas about what creature they were going to create that combined two creatures. Students in previous weeks were introduced to many introductory clay techniques, and during this class students could apply all those skills to a new creation. The animal project allowed for students to develop creative thinking skills, by thinking of ways in which they could combine two different objects. Students went through the processes that artists go through, they started with ideation, and thinking about possibilities. They went through this process in a similar way that artists often do, by looking at inspiration photos, and then they developed what their going to create. Once they had their specific ideas, they started the creation process. Students created their creatures by using skills they learned in the demonstration as well as in previous classes. In today’s art exploration students had the opportunity to explore the medium of clay further through the creation of a combination of two animals.
Essential Understanding:
Artists use materials to create objects that represent real life in an abstract way. Artists explore ways of thinking about making.
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Intended Outcomes:
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Students will be able to define abstract vs naturalistic in terms of ceramics by demonstrating their knowledge through thinking of realistic animals and how they can combine them to create an abstract representation of an animal.
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Students will be able to create a pinch pot that is flipped to create the base of their animal
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Students will be able to connect two animals together, and think of what elements from each animal they would like to use by effectively creating elements of each of their animals and combining them.
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Students will be able to create a finished piece that combines the techniques learned during the demonstration with their own ideas of two animals and their way of combining them.
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Students will be able to reflect on their piece and others; by presenting their piece to the class and guessing other classmates animal combinations in their finished pieces.
Skills:
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How to deal with viewpoints in opposition to your own.
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Staying on task, and developing task if finished with nothing to do.
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Cooperation
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Listening to instruction
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Creative expression
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Documentation:
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This student was making a cow for his project. He was interested in texture on his project. He was using a fork to add texture, and was putting together different parts to make an interesting animal that was unique and creative.
This student created a half horse half cheetah creature. She struggled a lot with getting the head to hold itself up because of how long it was, With some help she discovered a way to hold it up.
This student was interested in working with texture on his creation. He was using skills that he learned during the last class on texture, which allowed for a further developed animal creation. His main source of texture was his fork, which worked well in developing the texture he wanted. He had a strong attention to detail in his work.
This student was creating a bunny dog, which was really interesting. She was thinking about ways in which she could use bunny ears on a more dog like body and head. This was interesting because many students focused on combining a larger part of one animal with another larger part of the second animal. She was working in an interesting way, that was a creative way of thinking.
This was a tiger-bear hybrid that a student made, the finished rendition of it. The student was enthused with the idea of the way this animal would look, and focused on the development of two different forms of the body.
This student created a flying chameleon. At first she struggled to choose two animals and only made a chameleon but then after discussing ideas she decided to add wings.
All of the students worked with such a variety of animals, with different textures and shapes that evidenced how they built upon their learning from the previous two assignments by incorporating the two elements of art.
This student was making a cow for his project. He was interested in texture on his project. He was using a fork to add texture, and was putting together different parts to make an interesting animal that was unique and creative.
