Day 2
PROJECT/UNIT DESCRIPTION/EXPEDITION:
Students will be creating 3-D clay characters. The students will be referencing their sketching and small models from the previous lesson to create their character. They will also learn basic clay skills, techniques, and tools.
Students will be creating 3-D clay characters. The students will be referencing their sketching and small models from the previous lesson to create their character. They will also learn basic clay skills, techniques, and tools.
ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDING:
Decisions about art-making can be developed through engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of self, others, the natural world, and constructed environments |
INQUIRY/LEARNING TARGET:
Students will sculpt a model of their clay character. Students will reflect on what they made and what characteristics are important in those characters. |
KEY CONCEPTS:
Technique Artistic Intention Artistic Process Expression |
SKILLS:
-Express an idea -Imagine the possible next steps |
ART FOCUS:
Create a 3-D representation using clay from your brainstorming sketches in the prior lesson. |
LITERACY FOCUS:
The students will be participating in one-on-one discussions with teachers about their art. |
DOCUMENTATION:
Today, students were able to take their practice from the previous week and apply it to their final character made of clay. We began class by splitting into small groups. While in small groups, we discussed what character each student would like to make into a clay sculpture. We talked about why they chose that character and what characteristics were important to that character. After deciding the which sketch they wanted to use, Chandon presented a quick demonstration on basic clay techniques. We specifically focused on slip and score, coils and pinch pot. Below are videos that explain student thinking and what they are making.
The video above shows one student working on her character. She created a "rion" which is a combination of a lion and rhino. This student had to make connections between different characteristics of each animal and combine them into one. The student demonstrated how to attach pieces, like arms and legs, to other pieces by using the slip and score technique. The student could discuss why slipping and scoring was essential when attaching pieces of clay.
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The video above shows another student's approach. He is crating a monkey that he drew in a previous sketch but is adding an outer shell.
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The video above shows the process that one student used when creating his clay creature. He says that we used the technique of slipping and scoring to ensure attachments of all of the parts.
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The video above shows the final character of one student. He explains that his character eats pigs. He says that he needs big teeth because it lives in the jungle where many vikings live.
This student here really explored new form, textures, and ideation. Every aspect and attachment on this clay character was well planned and thought out. The student would discuss and explain how he has large teetch for eating pigs and also how there is a bird nest on its head for a specific reason. He added extruded clay as the hair since it represented hair in his mind. This clay figure also incorporated a lot of vertical space which was unique in this lesson. A lot of students started with a pinch pot and build around the pinch pot in a round figural representational manner. This student took a completely different approach by exploring ideation to build up the clay just like a tree would really grow. |
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Above are pictures of students and their work. The clay figures will eventually be painted. The finished clay characters will be used in the next lesson.
Here in part two of the character creation lesson all of the students were faced with the challenge to turn a sketch on a 2D plain into a three-dimensional object, or in other terms a sculpture. The students were very excited that they got to work with real clay and they were also excited about how much time they were allowed to build and create their character. The previous lesson day was treated as an exercise for the students to create ideas and quickly make those ideas in modeling clay. To make their final character the students were facilitated to learn new vocabulary terms and technique processes. Some of those include slipping and scoring, pinch pot, coil building, clay extruding, texture, and also information on air bubbles and clay. One student discussed out loud to the class how if air is trapped inside the clay it will explode in the oven. Another student also said that if the walls of the clay are too thick, it will blow up in the oven. The students could discuss all of the processes explained in the demo and all of the reasoning behind it.
Here in part two of the character creation lesson all of the students were faced with the challenge to turn a sketch on a 2D plain into a three-dimensional object, or in other terms a sculpture. The students were very excited that they got to work with real clay and they were also excited about how much time they were allowed to build and create their character. The previous lesson day was treated as an exercise for the students to create ideas and quickly make those ideas in modeling clay. To make their final character the students were facilitated to learn new vocabulary terms and technique processes. Some of those include slipping and scoring, pinch pot, coil building, clay extruding, texture, and also information on air bubbles and clay. One student discussed out loud to the class how if air is trapped inside the clay it will explode in the oven. Another student also said that if the walls of the clay are too thick, it will blow up in the oven. The students could discuss all of the processes explained in the demo and all of the reasoning behind it.