OBJECTIVES:

Students will be:

• Mastering basic clay manipulation techniques like pinching, coiling, and slab building to create a well-proportioned face structure. 
• Understanding how to achieve realistic or abstract facial features like eyes, nose, mouth, and hairline. Exploring surface textures through techniques like scoring, slipping, and adding embellishments. 
• Utilizing facial expressions to convey a range of emotions like happiness, sadness, anger, or contemplation. 
• Incorporating symbolic elements or props that represent the subject's interests or identity. 
  
• Experimenting with distortion and exaggeration of features to emphasize specific aspects of the subject's character
  
• Considering the interplay of positive and negative space to enhance the composition. 
  
• Exploring the relationship between form and function within the ceramic portrait. 
• Studying and analyzing different art styles and portrait traditions to influence your own work. 
• Using the process of creating a ceramic portrait to delve into personal emotions and experiences. 
• Experimenting with different glazing techniques to add depth and meaning to the finished piece. 

PROCESS:

IN YOUR SKETCHBOOK:

• Create a design for your Expressive Planter.  Full page!
• Include dimensions 
• Color Scheme
• Minimum Height 6"
• Include if you are using red or white clay.
• DON'T FORGET TO SUBMIT TO SCHOOLOGY

WHAT TO DO:

You are going to create an expressive planter. You planter can be a human or an animal. Please be detail with the features and characteristics for your planter. This project will be mainly created using the pinch method. 

• Create 2 pinch pots. One should be slightly smaller than the other.
• You will slip and score both pieces.
• Add your features by adding clay, coils, etc.. make sure you slip and score properly.
• You can use texture, patterns, lines, sgraffito, etc. 
• Add a hole in the middle. This is your drain for your plant. 

EXAMPLES: