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If I were a teapot ...
Every teapot has its own character or personality. Some are fine and delicate while others may be strong and sturdy and
still others are just plain and boring.
What if you were a teapot? Imagine what you would look like. How would your form, texture, colour, ... all reflect aspects
of your identity? What aspects of yourself would you choose to reflect?
Assignment:
Create a teapot that reflects aspects of you and your identity.
Due Dates:
Bisque fire- February 10
Glaze/ paint-
Requirements:
1. You must follow the Creative Cycle:
Investigate ==> Plan ==> Create ==> Evaluate
2. You must consider each of the following areas as content:
- Your shape/ form including handle, spout, body, lid and base/feet
- Your interior/ exterior
- Your surface texture(s)
- Your surface colour
- Overall
3. Your plans must include:
- Thumbnail sketches exploring alternatives
- Details/ studies of the form, surface, etc.
- Multiple views including from above
- Notes that explain sketches and studies
Media:
- Your choice of clay(s).
- Must be bisque-fired.
- Surface can be either painted or glazed and glaze-fired.
Techniques:
You are to show technical skill in each of the following areas. Be sure to work off of the techniques practiced in class.
- Structure/ Body (ie. Pinch, coil, slab, model)
- Surface/ Texture (ie. Incise, pierce, impress, burnish, etc. )
- Surface/ Colour (ie. paint or glaze)
PLANNING
1. Use the questions below to guide your initial thinking and planning. Use your imagination and be creative!
2. Start sketching and be sure to:
a. create a series of thumbnail sketches that explore a variety of ideas (min. 5)
b. develop and refine your idea with detailed sketches including studies/details of the form and surface, multiple views
and colour roughs
c. include notes that explain your sketches
1. Your shape/ form
a. handle
Will your handle be easy to hold or difficult? Or other? Why?
Will your handle be round or square? Organic or geometric? Why?
Where will your handle begin and end? Why?
Other _______________________________________________
b. spout
What shape will your spout be? Why?
Where will it be placed? Why?
Other _______________________________________________
c. body
Will your pot be round and fat, or tall and skinny? Why?
Will your pot be straight, curvy or both? Why?
Will your pot be round, square or both? Why?
Will your pot be symmetrical or asymmetrical? Why?
Will your pot have any holes or openings? Why?
Other _______________________________________________
d. lid
How small or large will the opening be? Why?
What shape will the lid be/ Why?
Other _______________________________________________
e. base/ feet
Will you have a solid, stable base or an unstable base? Why?
Other _______________________________________________
2. Your interior/ exterior
Will you consider the interior? Will the interior be finished? Why?
Will we be able to see the interior? Why?
Other _______________________________________________
3. Your surface texture(s)
Will you be smooth and polished, rough, or both? Why?
Will you have patterns on your surface or random marks? Why?
Other _______________________________________________
4. Your surface colour
5. Overall Will you be fine and delicate? Or will you be natural and rustic? Why?
Will you be elegant or gaudy? Why?
Will you look Eastern or Western? Why?
Will you be functional or non-functional? Why?
Other _______________________________________________
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