Brainstorm shapes
~unusual slab vessel
Objective: You will brainstorm options in order select
and create a template for an unusual shape slab
vessel.
Dircections:
1. DIVIDE SKETCHBOOK
PAGE INTO 9 SECTIONS.
2. Look at images on iPad
power point for ideas.
3. Draw vessel shapes in the
rectangles. Make sure
they have a flat bottom.
4. Be creative.
5. Think about a form that will hold
face sculptures.
6. Prob should be larger than 5 inches to
hold the FACE SCULPTURES.
Unusual Slab Vessel
Today’s goal:
• Create a template for a new slab
piece.
• Must be functional.
• Must be an unusual shape that is
not just a square/ cube or simple
cylinder.
• Look at images.
Objective: You will describe and analyze
clay vessels and templates in order define
and apply techniques to create a
functional slab piece.
Templates
• Make a template and use it to
make an unusual vessel.
• You should try to have a template.
Think about this:::
• Do you want to join your face
into your sculpture before
your finish building it????
• Where and how are you going
to add 2 faces?
• Do you want to take a selfie
for an expressive face?
How was this measured and built? What steps?
Let’s Face It
Objective: You will describe the goals of this sculpture in to apply and join the
slab template and face into an artwork.
DIRECTIONS:
1. STEPS TO MAKE TEMPLATE FOR SLAB VESSEL
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Draw 6+ shapes for vessel.
Draw it bigger, make a paper template.
Make a clay face. Use video demo
Label and cut apart template.
Roll slabs, trace template.
Build slab vessel.
Attach a face on outside and cut a window for
inside face (2 faces)
Shaun Hall
Shaun Hall. My current
work all stems from
drawings I made whilst
studying at Middlesex
University. This process
began with the earliest
form- the “Nuclear Jug”.
The initial preparatory
sketches were inspired by
still life studies, and the
drawings all exaggerated
the basic elements of the
Jug form. I have been most
influenced by artists,
sculptors and painters- for
example, Barbara
Hepworth, Ben Nicholson,
Richard Serra and Cubist
painting
Modern Japanese sculpture
Sophie-Elizabeth Thompson
More challenging shapes
Ute Grossman’s Shapes
Craig Underhill
Let’s Face It
Objective: You will describe the goals of this sculpture in to apply and join the
slab template and face into an artwork.
DIRECTIONS:
1. STEPS TO MAKE TEMPLATE FOR SLAB VESSEL
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Draw 6+ shapes for vessel.
Draw it bigger, make a paper template.
Make a clay face. Use video demo
Label and cut apart template.
Roll slabs, trace template.
Build slab vessel.
Attach a face on outside and cut a window for
inside face (2 faces)
Think about this:
“Let’s Face It”
Objective: You will analyze sculpture in order to plan and
build your unusual shape vessel.
GET STARTED ASAPASK YOURSELF~
• 1. Where and how are you going to add
the face?
• 2. Do you want to join your face into your
sculpture before your finish building
it????
• 3. Do you want to take a selfie for an
expressive face?
The goal is to create a new face and add it
to your vessel. If you want to add both
faces, that’s cool. Use the face lesson to recreate a new face.
Goals for LET’S FACE IT sculpture
1.Build an unusual shape vessel.
2.Create a new face
3.Attach it to the vessel.
4.Make it original
5.Craftsmanship. Stays together, stands.
Think about texture and detail.
Make window niches.
Try glaze pencil?
Objective: You will analyze sculpture in order to plan
and build your unusual shape vessel.
Avery Palmer
http://www.averypalmerart.com/#!drawings/c1w1e
Avery Palmer is a painter and sculptor from Arcata,
California. Inspired most notably by Surrealist painting, his
figurative art presents ambiguous allegorical scenarios
exploring the complex nature of the human condition, the
subconscious, and the interconnectedness of all things.
From a young age, Palmer was driven to express his active
imagination through drawings. He earned his BA in Studio Art
at Humboldt State University in Arcata, where he developed a
great passion for- and dedication to drawing. Enabled by his
development as a draftsman, he branched out to develop his
art in the areas of painting and ceramic sculpture. He also has
an MFA from San Jose State University. His work has been
exhibited throughout California and in Chicago and Seattle.
http://www.averypalmerart.com/#!drawings/c1w1e
Mitchell Grafton