Maria Lengauer teaches
3-D Design and Sculpture at the High School for the Creative and
Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Maria
has several popular ceramics lessons on Incredible Art Department.
CAPA's Visual Arts Department covers a variety of disciplines,
including: drawing, painting, computer graphics, commercial arts,
ceramics, and 3- dimensional sculpture.
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Traditional
Form - Greek Inspired Pottery - Coil Method
After
students learn the coil technique through introductory lesson,
they study the forms of Ancient Greek pottery. Students make
sketches then construct a coil vessel - smoothing the surface for
slip decoration. Various handles are presented and students add
handle aesthetically pleasing to their form. Black slip is applied
and decoration is incised showing the white clay body.
Idioms inspired by Robert Arneson
See
what is new! Subtractive Plaster Figure Sculpture
Maria Lengauer's Lesson Plans on IAD
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