Movement and Design

Ceramic I-Coiling Clay ProjectAOI:Human Ingenuity

Big Picture Questions

In what areas do humans follow "movements"?How the “movement” of ceramics has influences the development of cultures/societies, Human Ingenuity?

Guiding Questions: How can "energy" be visually represented? Where do ideas for design and form come from? How does design influence your choices?

Learning ObjectivesStudents should be able to:

Demonstrate how to roll a round, even coil.Explain why slip and scoring is so important.Analyze historical examples Create a coil form using coil construction as a design feature as well as construction technique.Discuss and Evaluate own work as well as other artists’ work using ceramic vocabulary and elements and principles of art.

Colorado State Standards1. Observe & Learn to ComprehendGLE 1. Visual art has inherent characteristics and expressive featuresGLE 3. Art and design have purpose and function2. Envision & Critique to ReflectGLE 1. Reflective strategies are used to understand the creative process-GLE 3. Interpretation is a means for understanding and evaluating works of art3. Invent & Discover to CreateGLE 2. Assess and produce art with various materials and methods 4. Relate & Connect to TransferGLE 2. Communication through advanced visual methods is a necessary skill in everyday life

Formative Coil Bowl:Design the inside of a circle using a variety of lines and shapes to create the inside pattern.Create a coil clay bowl that is influenced be your circle design on the paper. (Hand out) Summative Coil Vessel:Create a coil designed vessel that “moves” and has 3 or more “pattern” designs that repeat in the formForm:Look through clay books and/or magazines and sketch an interesting form.Plan a coil design using 3 patterns and repetition. Part of the pattern can be smoothed area on the form.Create a vessel form that is influenced by that design. Use slab for the bottom.Height requirement is 10”-12”.

VocabularyCoil Hand-building Unit

Line VesselShape Form Pattern UnityRepetition Positive/Negative space REFLECTION

What kinds of lines do you have in your patterns that move? Draw them.