Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Clay Class Students Glaze Food-Inspired Bowls

Our second annual EMPTY BOWLS DINNER & FUNDRAISER will be held on 
Friday, March 24, 2017, 530-8pm
in the HS Cafeterias
(snow date: March 31st)

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Clay Class students have spent the last few weeks glazing their food-inspired bowls:



























Thursday, January 19, 2017

NAHS Parent & Family Bowl-Making Workshop January 2017

Our second annual EMPTY BOWLS DINNER & FUNDRAISER will be held on 
Friday, March 24, 2017, 530-8pm
in the HS Cafeterias
(snow date: March 31st)

LIKE us on Facebook @Empty Bowls WHS

On Saturday January 14, 2017 National Art Honor Society parents and family member made bowls for glazed bowls for Empty Bowls WHS 2017. Our Empty Bowls WHS Co-Chair, Ms. Constable, rocked out 3 bowls on the pottery wheel.















Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Unit 2 Test: Fantastical Animals & Glaze Vocabulary

On Wednesday 1/18 (B day) and Thursday 1/19 (G day) Ms. Held's Clay classes will take their second Unit Test based on vocabulary from their Fantastical Animal Sculpture Unit and their Glazing Lesson. Below is the vocabulary. The test will consist of 20 questions and will be a combination of multiple choice and short answer. We will have a test review lesson the class prior to the exam. This exam is 20% of the 2nd marking period grade.

FANTASTICAL ANIMALS/GLAZE VOCABULARY

VISUAL ARTS TERMINOLOGY
1.     Alebrije: Alebrijes are brightly colored Mexican folk art sculptures of fantastical creatures. Traditional Mexican artists make these sculptures out of both wood and papier-mâché.

2.     Folk Art: Art originating among the common people of a nation or region and usually reflecting their traditional cultures.

3.     Hybrid Art: A work of art made by combining two different elements, ideas, and or objects.

4.     Maquette: A sculptor's small preliminary model.

5.     Motif: A decorative design or pattern.

6.     Pattern: A repeated decorative design.

7.     Symbol: An image or form that represents or stands for something else.

8.     Symbolism: The use of symbols to represent our ideas in our works of art.

CLAY TERMINOLOGY

1.     Additive Sculpture: Adding new pieces of clay to your existing form to create a desired shape or details. When clay is plastic (wet) you can simply add clay by pushing the clay onto your form with your fingers. However, once your form has become leather hard you must add plastic clay to the leather hard clay using the score and slip method.

2.     Equalizing Moisture: If you add plastic clay to leather hard clay you must remember to equalize the moisture of your clay sculpture. This means you must make your clay sculpture is airtight overnight, so that all the moisture levels equalize (become the same throughout your sculpture).

3.     Hollow-Out: To carve out the interior of a solid form (while clay is plastic and/or leather hard). When working with clay we must hollow-out solid forms to reduce weight, prevent water and air from being trapped inside the clay mass, and to ensure even drying.

4.     Fuse: To connect two pieces of clay together and make the seams disappear.

5.     Fuse Coil: A coil of clay placed around the seams of a form to help strengthen and reinforce.

6.     Subtractive Sculpture: Removing, tearing, or pushing away pieces of clay away from a solid form to create a desired shape. This can be done with your fingers or a variety of tools. Hollowing-out and carving are subtractive techniques.

7.     Vent-Hole: Small openings created in our clay forms to allow air to circulate inside the form. This ensures even drying and the circulation of hot air when it’s being fired in the kiln.

GLAZING TERMINOLOGY
1.     Glaze: Glaze is a thin coating of glass painted onto the surface of bisqued clay, which fuses to the clay surface during the firing process. This coating may provide:
a.      Decorative Effects- To add color, design and texture to the surface of your bisqued clay.
b.     Functional Qualities- Glaze will seal the porous surface of your bisque clay create a more hygienic surface to eat and or drink out of.

2.     Opaque Glaze: Opaque glaze will fire solid. You cannot see through opaque glazes so they should not be painted over areas in which you have delicately carved details or text.

3.     Translucent Glaze: Translucent glaze you can see through. Translucent glazes are perfect for painting over delicately carved or stamped details or text.

4.     Shiny Finish: Glazes that have a shiny finish will look glossy.


5.     Matte Finish: Glazes that have a matte finish will not be shiny and will have a dry, flat appearance.