Transformation Rattles

Transformation:1. (noun) a complete change usually into something with an improved appearance or usefulness. the act or process of transforming somebody or something.

Portraiture PicturedA portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and event the mood of the person. A portrait often shows a person looking directly out at its viewer to engage with them on a personal level. Portraits are often important state and family records, as well as remembrances. Historically, portrait paintings have primarily memorialized the rich and powerful

Portraits can be done in any medium

And are used to express a lot about the artist and the person they are portraying

Self-Portraits

Portraits can be…Realistic

Telling

Exaggerated

Emotional

Busts – Portraiture in Ceramics

Busts – Portraiture in Ceramics

Robert ArnesonStarting in the 1960s, Arneson and several other California artists began to abandon the traditional manufacture of functional items in favor of using everyday objects to make confrontational statements. The new movement was dubbed Funk Art, and Arneson is considered the father of the ceramic Funk movement

Arneson used common objects in his work, which included both ceramic sculptures and drawings. He appeared in many of his own pieces — as a chef, a man picking his nose, a jean-jacketed hipster in sunglasses.

For this project….You will be using the pinch pot method to make a rattle that represents a person – any person – in any capacity! Realistic or not!

Samples

How to make a rattleStart with a solid ball of clay that you can cup your hands around.Cut the solid ball in half.Pinch out both sides as evenly as possible. The walls should be about 1/4 inch thick.Pat each half down on the table to make the rim wider for a larger surface area.To make it into a rattle…

roll 3-6 small balls of clay and wrap them out to dry.Place them inside one half of your orb, wrapped in a paper towel.

Wrap up your work for the dayWhen almost leatherhard, score and slip the two pinch pots together, with the balls of clay inside.Poke a small hole in the orb so it doesn’t EXPLODE

Let the TRANSFORMATION begin: Make a face for your orb, transform it to have any emotion, or transform it into something with even more significance. 

Using the PINCH method… pinch from the bottom up, two equally sized, rounded pots. The walls of each should be equal and should be about 1 cm thick.

What will you be graded on?

Does it make noise?Does it have a FOOT

Does it have RELIEF features?Does it have INTAGLIO features?Does it have a variety of TEXTURES?Is your piece BALANCED? Physically? Visually?Was is crafted well? CRAFTSMANSHIP?

How nice and thoughtful was the application of glaze?Was it completed on time? BISQUEWARE? GLAZEWARE?

SKETCH

FrontProfile view (side)Back

Foot -- stand for the head(rattle)Who is it?