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Lesson
by: Judy Decker
Grade Level: 8th
Unit: Ceramics - Renaissance Art
Project: Ceramic Relief Portrait
See Woody Duncan's Rosedale Middle School
Students' Work
Choice of metallic patina
verdigris finish underglazes
glazes
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Vocabulary:
draped slab, slab
pinch, coil
press mold
slip
, score
leatherhard
bone dry
bisque, fire, kiln
underglaze
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glaze
patina
carve, incise
stamp
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Lucia Della Robbia, - relief
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Materials:
newspapers - plaster
face molds -
plastic bags -
clay -
rolling pins
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guide sticks -
canvas -
slip
ceramics modeling tools
assorted stamps
assorted texture
“gadgets”
glazes, underglazes, brushes
For
Patina:
Brown, black acrylic paints
, brushes
Gold, silver spray paint, Rub 'n buff
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Objectives:
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Students
will use draped slab and slab method to create a relief
sculpture - adding coil and slab decoration. Students will
exhibit craftsmanship in handling clay.
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Students
will study facial features and form them in clay
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Symbolism
in Renaissance relief terra cottas will be studied.
Resources:
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/ceramics.htm
Philippe
Faraut PCF Studios. Portraits and figurative sculpture.
Excellent instructional book - Portrait
Sculpting Anatomy & Expression in Clay by
Philippe & Charisse Faraut
See
contemporary work by Anne Roper "Heart of my
Heart"
Ceramic
Relief Sculpture (teacher made PowerPoint)
Preparation:
Make sketch
of idea for relief portrait.
Are you going to present a self-portrait?
Are you going to present a mood? Belief? Feeling?
What might your sculpture sculpture say about our
culture?
Procedures:
1.
Roll slab of clay between guide sticks.
Slabs should be 3/8” thick. Cut slab to desired shape
for sculpture base. Maximum
size of base 9"x 14" -- most should be no larger than
9"x12".
2.
Press a slab of clay into face mold.
Force a little extra clay into nose and chin.
Put newspaper inside face for support -- un-mold. (Note:
the molds for the face were made by pressing plastic mask forms
into plaster. I had one mold for each table)
3.
Position face onto base -- cut out extra clay behind
face. Secure face to base shape by scoring and applying slip.
4.
Add border design to base --carve, incise, or stamp
additional textures to border.
Add on relief coils, slab decorations as desired.
5.
Add features to face.
Make a self-portrait if desired (see examples). Study
proportions of the face. The
eyes should be the same width as the nose. The inside corners of the eyes should line up with the crease
of the nostrils. The
corners of the mouth will line up with the center (pupils) of
the eye. Add thin coils for eyelids and lips. Press in iris and pupils.
Make slight impression under nose for filtrim.
6.
Add additional relief elements to express your mood or
feeling (jewelry, hair, plants, animals, textures).
Remember to score and slip both surfaces.
7.
Underglaze and glaze after bisque firing.
You may choose a bronze patina - or aluminum (silver)
patina
Note:
Bronze patina
1. spray paint with brown - let dry (or
paint with brown acrylic)
2. finger rub with copper acrylic (safe for
hands)
3. highlight with gold acrylic (safe for
hands)
4. add shadows back in if necessary with
brown acrylic - rub with cloth
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