Politics Done Right: Mishima & Sgraffito Wall Installation
Mishima & Sgrafitto box greenware due January 10th, 2016
Objective 1: Look at current events and politics in order to develop an understanding of the cultural and political climate of your neighborhood, city, country & world.
Objective 2: Design a box combining Sgraffito & Mishima that tells a story based on your perception of a current event of your choosing. The box must be carved/inlay on 5 sides with a unified drawing/design on all 5 sides and be able to hang from the wall. The box will demonstrate use of varied line, shape, contrast, value, variety and unity.
Objective 3: The class will install the boxes in a temporary exhibition. Be aware of composition & context. The arrangement of the boxes together will change the viewer's interpretation. Focus on balance, movement, composition, contrast, rhythm and unity.
Vocabulary
Bisque--First firing to remove excess water & organic materials from greenware in preparation for glazing.
Bisqueware-- Ceramic object that has undergone the initial firing.
Glaze--A combination of flux, alumina, glass & colorants/opacifiers to bisqueware for for decoration & function. This also vitrifies the surface.
Glazeware-- Ceramic object that has been glazed and undergone a second or series of firings thereby adhering glaze to the surface and vitrifying the object.
Vitrification--The transformation of a surface into glass, thereby making it impermeable
Slip-- A liquefied suspension of clay particles in water. Slip is usually the consistency of heavy cream. Slip is often used in decoration. It may be left the natural color of the clay body from which it is made, or it may be colored with oxides. It is applied to wet or soft leather-hard greenware.
Mishima-- A technique of inlaying slip, underglaze, or even clay into a contrasting clay body, the main clay body of the pottery piece. This technique allows for extremely fine, intricate design work with hard, sharp edges that can be difficult to reliably replicate in any other way. Although named after a Japanese city where it became popular in the 18th century, this technique originated in Korea around 900 A.D.
Sgraffito-- (in Italian "to scratch") is a decorative pottery technique produced by applying layers of color or colors (underglazes or colored slips) to leather hard pottery and then scratching off parts of the layer(s) to create contrasting images, patterns and texture and reveal the clay color underneath
Objective 2: Design a box combining Sgraffito & Mishima that tells a story based on your perception of a current event of your choosing. The box must be carved/inlay on 5 sides with a unified drawing/design on all 5 sides and be able to hang from the wall. The box will demonstrate use of varied line, shape, contrast, value, variety and unity.
Objective 3: The class will install the boxes in a temporary exhibition. Be aware of composition & context. The arrangement of the boxes together will change the viewer's interpretation. Focus on balance, movement, composition, contrast, rhythm and unity.
Vocabulary
Bisque--First firing to remove excess water & organic materials from greenware in preparation for glazing.
Bisqueware-- Ceramic object that has undergone the initial firing.
Glaze--A combination of flux, alumina, glass & colorants/opacifiers to bisqueware for for decoration & function. This also vitrifies the surface.
Glazeware-- Ceramic object that has been glazed and undergone a second or series of firings thereby adhering glaze to the surface and vitrifying the object.
Vitrification--The transformation of a surface into glass, thereby making it impermeable
Slip-- A liquefied suspension of clay particles in water. Slip is usually the consistency of heavy cream. Slip is often used in decoration. It may be left the natural color of the clay body from which it is made, or it may be colored with oxides. It is applied to wet or soft leather-hard greenware.
Mishima-- A technique of inlaying slip, underglaze, or even clay into a contrasting clay body, the main clay body of the pottery piece. This technique allows for extremely fine, intricate design work with hard, sharp edges that can be difficult to reliably replicate in any other way. Although named after a Japanese city where it became popular in the 18th century, this technique originated in Korea around 900 A.D.
Sgraffito-- (in Italian "to scratch") is a decorative pottery technique produced by applying layers of color or colors (underglazes or colored slips) to leather hard pottery and then scratching off parts of the layer(s) to create contrasting images, patterns and texture and reveal the clay color underneath
Mishima Process
Requirements:
• Tiles must demonstrate use of varied line, shape, pattern, variety and unity.
• Sketches
• Minimum of 2 colors used.
• Self-Assessment
Materials:
Clay, glazes, various ceramic equipment
• Tiles must demonstrate use of varied line, shape, pattern, variety and unity.
• Sketches
• Minimum of 2 colors used.
• Self-Assessment
Materials:
Clay, glazes, various ceramic equipment
Sgraffito Process
Your Wall Installation
Requirements:
• Build a box that is at least 5" x 5" x 2" box. (It may be either square or rectangular.) Put a 3/8" hole in the center of the back to use as a hanger.
• Box must be carved on 5 sides with a unified drawing/design on all 5 sides. The box will demonstrate use of varied line, shape, contrast, value, texture, variety and unity.
• You must use BOTH mishima and sgrafitto techniques.
• 3 sketches
• Self-Assessment
Materials:
Clay,slip, various ceramic equipment
• Build a box that is at least 5" x 5" x 2" box. (It may be either square or rectangular.) Put a 3/8" hole in the center of the back to use as a hanger.
• Box must be carved on 5 sides with a unified drawing/design on all 5 sides. The box will demonstrate use of varied line, shape, contrast, value, texture, variety and unity.
• You must use BOTH mishima and sgrafitto techniques.
• 3 sketches
• Self-Assessment
Materials:
Clay,slip, various ceramic equipment