ceramic desserts
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Ceramic Desserts
Clay and Acrylic Paint
TASK
You will create a realistic replica of your favorite dessert using clay and acrylic paints.
Your clay sculpture will be a hollow form that is cut and made into a lidded container.
Wayne ThiebaudAmerican painter
Most famous works are of cakes, pastries, boots, toilets, toys and lipsticks.
Associated with the Pop art movement because of his interest in objects of mass culture
Uses heavy pigment and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects
What you will do
List at least 10 different desserts… think cakes, cupcakes, pies, etc.
Choose one final dessert to use for your project.
Find interesting reference images for your dessert and print them in color
What you will do
Draw color sketches for how your ceramic dessert will look
Think about:• Details, textures and
embellishments • Handle for the lid on your
dessert container• Colors and ‘flavors’
Conference with teacher to choose final direction
What you will do
Participate in demonstration and experiment with various clay hand-building techniques (pinch, coil, slab, score/slip, additive and subtractive).
What you will do
Build your ceramic dessert using one (or a combination) of the methods demonstrated.
Use your Ceramics Reference Sheets for guidelines on each technique and proper storage and handling.
What you will do
While your ceramic dessert is drying and being fired, participate in demonstration and experiment with acrylic painting techniques.
Once your ceramic dessert has been fired, you will paint it using acrylic paints.
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