ceramic memory containers
This ceramics project challenges your creativity as you think about ways your senses help you to remember. Mood, color, weather, smells, touch, and objects all trigger our brains to remind us of events from the past. You may choose an important time you tried something new or an everyday event from when you were a kid. |
Sketchbook: Memory Lane
Sketch it Out!
Make a model
Build it! Coil Method
Adding a Lid
Make a lid that caps on the outside or has a core in the middle to keep it from sliding off.
Use a coil to create the outer rim of the cap. For lid with the core, wrap a coil on the inside of the lip of the container to measure how big the core should be. Remove it and attach it to the inside of the lid. |
Sculptural elements: knobs, Handles, Feet
In-Progress
Fired work
Objectives & Assessment
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StandardsVA7MC.1 c. Explores essential questions, formulates unique ideas and concepts using creative thinking and problem-solving skills (e.g., using visual organizers, diagrams, visual journals, brain-storming lists, art resources, and in discussions).
VA7MC.2 a. Uses art media to independently explore, discover and reflect on personal identity, interests, motivations and themes. VA7MC.3 b. Compares and contrasts how factors of time and place influence the development of and meaning in works of art VA7PR.1 c. Explores various techniques/processes as well as the properties of art materials in preparation for art making (e.g., drawing, painting, mixed-media, printmaking, sculpture, digital art, fiber arts, ceramics, photography, technology based art works, graphic design). VA7PR.2 b. Produces increasingly complex original works of art reflecting personal choices and increased technical skill. e. Selects specific media and processes to express moods, feelings, themes, or ideas VA7PR.3 b. Applies color theory (e.g., color schemes, relationships, properties) to create visual effects and communicate ideas. VA7PR.4 b. Maintains notes and class information. c. Plans artwork, practices techniques. d. Uses thumbnail sketches and visual/verbal notes to plan compositions. VA7AR.2 c. Provides respectful and constructive criticism to peers in informal and formal class critiques. d. Develops skills to provide informal feedback to peers on work in process as part of a community of learners. VA7AR.4 a. Prepares own artwork to be exhibited in the classroom and in the school community VA7C.3 b. Identifies and builds art skills and habits of mind that support a variety of important human endeavors (e.g., higher-order thinking, tolerance for ambiguity, judgment in the absence of rule, finding structure in apparent disorder, problem-solving skills, perseverance, creativity, imagination). |