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Assignment: Figure
- Use Coil Building or Hollowing a Solid Form
- Use an emotive quality expressing a particular feeling OR express a quality of element about your family history
- Must be 8 inches or taller
- Identify your inspiration before beginning your project, make a sketch, and think about structural issues before beginning
Assignment: Vase or Tumbler
- Vase: Focus on body of vessel, form, curve. Pay attention to the lip of the vessel, what is the intent, “Is it a flower vase? Does the mouth of the vessel accommodate a particular flower?” Trim foot, attach handle.
- Tumbler: Focus on thin even walls, must be taller than 5 inches, pay attention to weight, this will hold liquid to drink – must be light. Trim foot, pay attention to lip.
Assignment: Slab Sculpture
- Create slab sculpture over 10 inches in height.
- Must have more than 5 visual planes.
- Focus on both vertical and horizontal visual lines.
- Can be abstract or have visual representation.
- Be conscious of the joining of the slabs, must be seamless.
Assignment: Mugs
- Create mug with open lip
- Must have pulled handle
- Create textural surface with impressions
- Impression can be stamp, drawn, pressed
- Pay attention to weight and foot
Assignment: Organic Coil
- Create an organic shaped abstract sculpture
- Can be a pedestal or wall piece
- It must not be representational
- It must be either 10 inches in height OR width
- Create in sections and attach, you will want to build this in pieces and put it together as you go, be careful of the weight of the clay
Assignment: Pitcher or Candy Jar
- Create a Pitcher with a spout and handle
- Must be at least 8 inches in height
- Must pour!!!!!!
- Create Candy Jar with drop on or drop in lid
- Must have mouth wide enough for cookies
- Must have wide belly suitable for holding candy or cookies, pay attention to foot, consider altering