Custer Feldspar 62
Whiting 14
Zinc ox 6
Talc 8
EPK 10
Zircopax 8
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Add 2% Chrome Carb for dark Green
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Slip recipe
DM ^6 Casting Slip
Grolleg 13.5 lbs
Silica 5.0 lbs
Neph Sy 3.12lbs
Kona F4 3.12lbs
H20 10.5lbs (this is approximate)
Darvan 7 17ml
or
Darvan 118 11g
Grolleg 13.5 lbs
Silica 5.0 lbs
Neph Sy 3.12lbs
Kona F4 3.12lbs
H20 10.5lbs (this is approximate)
Darvan 7 17ml
or
Darvan 118 11g
Tile Project
Here is a great project. Obviously the concept of the project can be used in different ways and can be rethought to meet the needs and abilities of various ages. This version was used in a beggining level ceramics class and in a foundations class. Hope this is useful to you. I included two images of students from my ceramics class that did a version of this project.
History Evolves!
Planning the project:
Research and select 2 reliefs, one from Greek or Roman times, and one from either the middle ages in Europe, or a non-Western Culture. Draw each of these in your journal. Post both the original image and the drawings to the blog (cell phone images are fine). Include the date, place, artist (if known) and a few lines to inform us about the piece. What was the content of the relief? What was it's context?
Now, thinking about how relief was used in your research, draw a 3x3 drawing in your journal of a contemporary image that you will turn into a relief. If we are using relief in the same way as those in your research used it, what would it look like today? Post your image to the class blog with a few sentences addressing these questions. Make a photo copy of the image to use in class.
Part 1: Drawing in Relief: a classical technique becomes contemporary!
Create a 3x3 tile out of plaster using a wooden frame. Take your photocopy or gel ink outline of your drawing that relates contemporary culture to the historical idea of relief. Using a simple ink transfer process with rubbing alcohol, place this image on the tile. Carve image into the plaster, considering depth and width of line. Test the result with a small piece of clay if needed.
Make slabs out of terra-cotta. Create a tile by pressing the plaster tile into the clay and cutting around it. Make 4 of these. Carve into the plaster tile again creating more detail and press clay into the plaster again creating tiles. Continue this process of creating 4 series of tiles that show an evolution or progression in design and concept. Remember, you can not back up once you have began the second tile. Take time and make sure you are happy with each step before moving on.
Part II: All is not equal!
Using clear glaze and white engobe/slip determine areas consider and define your surface for your series. How would the white slip against the terracotta change the tile? How would defining matte and clear surface support the image? (test this on your extra tiles before committing to this). Consider how this process reinforces the evolution of your tiles.
Part III: Context is everything!
Utilizing found objects or material install your tiles incorporating this additional material. (For example, you might create a relationship between the tiles and an old found door. Or, the tiles might remain loose but become included in an environment that you find or create.) How is the concept changed or supported?
Note: Consider how reliefs have been used historically; how does your content reflect contemporary concerns? Write a few lines about this on our blog.
Post photos of your tiles only, as well as in the context of your installation on the class blog.
History Evolves!
Planning the project:
Research and select 2 reliefs, one from Greek or Roman times, and one from either the middle ages in Europe, or a non-Western Culture. Draw each of these in your journal. Post both the original image and the drawings to the blog (cell phone images are fine). Include the date, place, artist (if known) and a few lines to inform us about the piece. What was the content of the relief? What was it's context?
Now, thinking about how relief was used in your research, draw a 3x3 drawing in your journal of a contemporary image that you will turn into a relief. If we are using relief in the same way as those in your research used it, what would it look like today? Post your image to the class blog with a few sentences addressing these questions. Make a photo copy of the image to use in class.
Part 1: Drawing in Relief: a classical technique becomes contemporary!
Create a 3x3 tile out of plaster using a wooden frame. Take your photocopy or gel ink outline of your drawing that relates contemporary culture to the historical idea of relief. Using a simple ink transfer process with rubbing alcohol, place this image on the tile. Carve image into the plaster, considering depth and width of line. Test the result with a small piece of clay if needed.
Make slabs out of terra-cotta. Create a tile by pressing the plaster tile into the clay and cutting around it. Make 4 of these. Carve into the plaster tile again creating more detail and press clay into the plaster again creating tiles. Continue this process of creating 4 series of tiles that show an evolution or progression in design and concept. Remember, you can not back up once you have began the second tile. Take time and make sure you are happy with each step before moving on.
Part II: All is not equal!
Using clear glaze and white engobe/slip determine areas consider and define your surface for your series. How would the white slip against the terracotta change the tile? How would defining matte and clear surface support the image? (test this on your extra tiles before committing to this). Consider how this process reinforces the evolution of your tiles.
Part III: Context is everything!
Utilizing found objects or material install your tiles incorporating this additional material. (For example, you might create a relationship between the tiles and an old found door. Or, the tiles might remain loose but become included in an environment that you find or create.) How is the concept changed or supported?
Note: Consider how reliefs have been used historically; how does your content reflect contemporary concerns? Write a few lines about this on our blog.
Post photos of your tiles only, as well as in the context of your installation on the class blog.
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