ADVANCED POTTERY AND SCULPTURE Description: There are an infinite number of ideas that can be pursued in creating meaningful and expressive pottery and sculptures. This course expands upon the experiences gained in Intro to Pottery and/or Intro to Sculpture. Students can choose the direction their 3-D investigation takes by selecting advanced pottery, advanced sculpture or a combination of both. Students will be asked to apply their knowledge of materials and techniques to all work. Upon completion, students will have a 3-D portfolio and can apply for the AP 3- D Design Portfolio. COURSE OVERVIEW Course Goals Artistic Processes Course Skill Objectives Students will be able to: Students will: Create Research their desired 3 D form – Plan and pull more complex forms Present ceramic: wheel and/or hand built; on the wheel. sculptural or combination Respond Use advanced techniques on the Understand construction techniques wheel, collaring, flange and gallery, Connect for more complex 3-D Design forms. knobs, pierced edges, altered shapes Select the correct method of and lids construction for their pieces. Anchor Standards Use an assortment of tools to create Recognize and utilize the effect of a set of aesthetically matching Anchor Standard #1. Generate and balance and proportion in 3-D. functional wear. conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Recognize non-traditional subject Plan and pull 2 part containers. matter. Anchor Standard #2. Organize and Use underglaze an engobes to create Identify work of master develop artistic ideas and work. agate wear. potters/sculptors. Use hand building techniques and Analyze and Critique historical and Anchor Standard #3. Refine and tools to create complex structures. contemporary pottery/sculpture. complete artistic work. Use the appropriate glaze technique Find common characteristics Anchor Standard #4. Select, analyze and for a desired effect. between historical references and interpret artistic work for presentation. Correctly/safely use power tools and their own work. fasteners Recognize ethnic and cultural Anchor Standard #5. Develop and Research and sketch idea for 3-D differences through analyzation of 3- refine artistic techniques and work for sculpture D design. presentation. Build maquetts and scale to larger form Advanced Pottery and Sculpture Curriculum BOE Approved 4/21/2020 1 Anchor Standard #6. Convey meaning Construct armatures. through the presentation of artistic work Design and build base. Anchor Standard #7. Perceive and Use balance, weight and proportion to build free standing sculpture. analyze artistic work. Use light and shadow to add to the Anchor Standard #8. Interpret intent and depth of sculpture. meaning in artistic work. Use color as a possible additional component. Anchor Standard #9. Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Anchor Standard #10. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Anchor Standard #11. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding. Advanced Pottery and Sculpture Curriculum BOE Approved 4/21/2020 2 Units Essential Questions Assessments What conditions, attitudes, and Wheel thrown/hand built olive oil Unit 1 - Lidded Functional Wear behaviors support creativity and decanter Unit 2 - Pierced Wear innovative thinking? Sugar bowl with flange and gallery Unit 3 - Altered Shapes What factors prevent or encourage lip Unit 4 - Altered form Sculpture people to take risks? Thrown knob for lid Unit 5 - Installation How does collaboration expand the Wheel/hand built set of texture mugs Unit 6 - Maquette and Stone Carving creative process? Pierced bowl How do artists work? Altered form How do artists and designers learn Hand built keyed lidded box from trial and error? Lamp base How do objects, places and design Creating a base which has relevance shape lives and communities? How to sculpture do artists and designers determine Altered found baskets – large scale goals for designing or redesigning Life size cast objects, places or systems? How do Installation artists and designers create works of Clay maquette art or design that effectively Large Stone carving communicate? Individual and group critique Why do people value objects, artifacts, and artworks, and select them for presentation? How do life experiences influence the way you relate to art? How does learning about art impact how we perceive the world? What can we learn from our responses? How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art? How and why might criteria vary? How is a personal preference different from an evaluation? How does art help us understand the lives of different times, places and cultures? How is art used to impact the views of a society? Advanced Pottery and Sculpture Curriculum BOE Approved 4/21/2020 3 Pacing Guide 1st Marking Period 2nd Marking Period Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Unit 1 and 4 Unit 2 and 5 Unit 3 and 6 Lidded Functional Wear Pierced Wear Altered Shapes Altered form Sculpture Installation Maquette and stone carving 5weeks 5 weeks 10 weeks Advanced Pottery and Sculpture Curriculum BOE Approved 4/21/2020 4 Unit 1 – Lidded Functional Wear Unit Objectives Skill Objectives Students will be able to: Students will: Identify work of contemporary ceramic artists Use social media to collect sources Use hand building and/or wheel techniques to construct Plan and pull more complex forms on the wheel. lidded containers using flanges and galleries Use advanced techniques on the wheel, collaring, flange and Throw/construct fitted lids with knobs. gallery, knobs, pierced edges, altered shapes and lids. Use an assortment of tools to create a set of aesthetically Use advanced hand building techniques and tools – texture, matching functional wear keyed lids, sculpted knobs Apply and interesting surface decoration which Use the pug mill to reprocess clay enhances the finished object. Photograph, color correct, crop images of finished wear. Add image to digital 3-D portfolio Advanced Pottery and Sculpture Curriculum BOE Approved 4/21/2020 5 Creating Presenting Responding Connecting Anchor Standard 1: Anchor Standard: Anchor Standard 7: Anchor Standard: Generate and conceptualize Perceive and analyze artistic artistic ideas and work. work. Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Enduring Understandings Enduring Understandings Enduring Understandings Enduring Understandings Artists and designers shape Individual aesthetic and artistic investigations, following empathetic awareness developed or breaking with traditions in Essential Questions through engagement with art can Essential Questions pursuit of creative artmaking lead to understanding and goals. appreciation of self, others, the Process Components natural world and constructed Artists and designers experiment Analyze, Select, Share environments Process Components with forms, structures, materials, Synthesize, Relate concepts, media, and art-making Essential Questions approaches How do life experiences influence the way you relate to art? How Essential Questions does learning about art impact How do artists determine what how we perceive the world? What resources and criteria are needed can we learn from our responses to formulate artistic to art? investigations? How do artists and designers Process Components learn from trial and error? Perceive, Analyze and Interpret Process Components Investigate/Plan/Make Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and Use multiple approaches empathetic responses to to begin creative the natural world and endeavors. constructed Through experimentation, environments. Advanced Pottery and Sculpture Curriculum BOE Approved 4/21/2020 6 practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form Sample Performance Assessments Sample Performance Assessments Sample Performance Assessments Sample Performance Assessments Olive oil jars Research contemporary Sugar bowl/canister set styles of construction with flange and gallery using Instagram Mood board of Individual and group possibilities critique Advanced Pottery and Sculpture Curriculum BOE Approved 4/21/2020 7 Unit 2 – Pierced Wear Unit Objectives Skill Objectives Students will be able to: Students will: Identify work of contemporary ceramic artists Use social media to collect sources Research possible containers (functional or sculptural) Use coil, slab, drape and slump mold techniques to build a which incorporate pierced sides or edges functional and/or sculptural container with piercings. Use advanced wheel throwing/hand building techniques Throw a wide low bowl for piercing. to construct and finish each piece. Modify and/or reconstitute glazes. Develop pierced pattern to fit form and function. Choose the appropriate glaze for the desired outcome. Apply and interesting surface decoration which Use the pug mill to reprocess clay. enhances the ceramic wear. Photograph, color correct, crop images of finished wear. Recognize and used the glaze which best fits the desired Add image to digital 3-D portfolio outcome Advanced Pottery and Sculpture Curriculum BOE Approved 4/21/2020 8 Creating Presenting Responding Connecting Anchor Standard 2: Anchor Standard 4: Anchor Standard: Anchor Standard 10: Organize and develop artistic Select, Analyze and interpret Synthesize and relate knowledge ideas and work artistic work for presentation and personal experiences to make art. Enduring Understandings Enduring