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January 2025 - lets go!
Time to glaze our game boards!
Most of the game pieces and boards are back from the kiln. For the next two week we will focus on glazing our pieces - the "painting" of ceramics that goes through another kiln firing. Glazing takes a lot of time:
- requires several coats
- each coat must try before the next is applied
- each color must be painted separately for clean colors.
So as students work to glaze their game boards we will begin design & construction of our next project: coiling and slab building to make cupcake containers.
And the pottery wheels are back! Each week for the next few months students will rotate in and out as they choose to continue working on their throwing skills.
January 2025 - Lets go!
Wire Sculptures
We are starting 2025 working in wire! Last class we talked about the concept of continuous line drawings and began working with wire to get a feel for it. We will be working in wire for the next few weeks. We will start next class with a demo making this light bulb before students begin their portraits.
wire self-portraits
Using a printed black-and-white selfie, we will use wire to shape a scultpure of ourselves. We use dry-erase marker to explore the lines we want to outline before we begin twisting the wire.
Week 6 - Continuing cardboard construction!
Shark!
A shark emerging from the ocean with the appearance of waves. I am stoked to see the result of this one!!
Coc-a-doodle-do!
A rooster of massive proportions inbound!
[Not-so] Small creatures
[Not-so] Small creatures
An insect in the making (of the Formicidae variety perhaps) along with a sweet little rabbit almost ready for its ears. I anticipate the bunny being plastered with paper mache, but we shall see.
Cats & Pine Martens
Creature from another world
[Not-so] Small creatures
Or at least a tail of the Pine Marten. These creatures will be wrapped to hide the tape and allow the paint to stick.
Creature from another world
Creature from another world
Creature from another world
Not an alien, a creature! He has a more specific name for it, and his own reference image and template too. He is working on the outer form and the stability of the structure before building forms on the side to create the 3D body.
Rooster cardboard sculpture example - behind the scenes
Building the rooster from the inside out.
One of the challenges to consider is how to make the basic shape of our subject. In the rooster example, a skeleton is built out of cardboard tubes and strips of cardboard glued together. Feet were formed from wire and secured inside the rooster. Cardboard "tiles" were glued down all over to create a solid structure. Feathers were cut and glued in a cascading fashion to resemble the direction of feathers on the bird itself.
Adding details to help bring it to life.
The final rooster design in its final stages of texture.
Week 1 - intro to the year & supplies
Sketchbook for in-class & homework
First project - Newsprint/Newspaper & a roll of masking tape
First project - Newsprint/Newspaper & a roll of masking tape
3D class has a lot of fun. We work in a variety of mediums, and the students get to help plan the type of projects we move into. To start, we are working in cardboard and newsprint to make animal head sculptures or masks. Students will need a sketchbook for the year. This will be used for in-class notes, concept design & homework.
Mixed media sketchbooks are suggested due to the weight of the paper, but any sketchbook will do. Including sketchbooks from previous classes, provided at least half is still available.
First project - Newsprint/Newspaper & a roll of masking tape
First project - Newsprint/Newspaper & a roll of masking tape
First project - Newsprint/Newspaper & a roll of masking tape
Our first project is a construction project where we will be creating animal portraits or animal masks. We will be working in cardboard, newsprint and masking tape. Students will need newsprint or the basic newsprint packing paper (not the newsprint drawing pads, the packing paper in the moving section at the hardware store). I will have some available in class, but I cannot guarantee there will be enough for everyone's project in its entirety.
Students are also asked to bring a roll of masking tape. Tape is in limited supply!