Course Outline and Schedule:
McCabe's
Welcome to my online clay place! If this looks chaotic.....welcome to my brain.
....and sorry.
This page acts as something like a timeline, scroll down to see where we're at.
Each box is a unit, due dates are in RED, projects are turned in to the Unit Archive.
Yo!
Digital Photographic Documentation
Social Media Journal-
-Please post a picture once a week (due Tuesdays)
of what you're working on.
-Please write a sentence or two about what you’re doing….
-Tag me (@sandburgartdepart)...
...and using the hashtag #madeatsandburg
-Also tag the school, the principal, the superintendant, and local newspapers, the mayor, state art groups.....ummmm everyone! (@SandburgHS, @jltyrrell8, @D230_Supt, @OPPrairie, @OrlandParkPatch, @VillageOrlandPk, @OPArtsAlliance, )
We're on #9, as of 3/30
Unit 1:
Unit 2:
Students will learn 3D softwares to design and produce an object via 3D printers.
Video Demonstrations:
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Unit 3:
-with Pulled Handle
Students will learn how to use the slab roller, prep slabbed clay, and drape it around a cylinder form to take its shape. Students will then learn how to “pull” a handle and attach it to their cylinder body to make a mug form. We will also discuss alteration techniques such as “darting” to change the shape and take their mug to a new level!
Project Video Demos:
-Seamless Joint
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Construction Step 2
Video
Face MUG!
Students will learn how to break down the facial features into manageable, sculptable parts.
WE're Skipping this project this year!
Unit 4:
Glazing-
Glaze is a clay blend, more similar to glass than clay, which is added to the surface of a (bisque fired) constructed form, fired in the kiln, and fused to the form.
Glazing Demonstrations:
Assigned to watch: 3/4-5th
Unit 5:
Press Mold- Vase/Bowl
Students will use a preformed bowl as a mold to form the two halves of their vase. Before assembling the body of the vase, students will learn a faux version of wheel throwing by using the banding wheel to make the “foot” and “neck” of the vase. After these parts are made, the body will be assembled and decorated.
Unit 6:
What goes better with RAKU than TIKI!?!
Two 4 letter words make 8! Perfect!......?
-Students will construct artworks using a specific RAKU clay body (High Grog) to make work for the RAKU firing process.
-Students will use additive and subtractive techniques in forming their work for this piece.
Unit 7:
Students will create a basic trophy considering form & content.
Form is the shape and any 3 dimensional qualities....!
Content equals the subject matter, the concept,
the idea for which your trophy is celebrating!
How do these two ideas, form & content effect each other?.....
McCabe Video Demonstrations:
Bonus Videos:
Unit :
These times can be stressful....but what a RELIEF we still get to create art!!
Students will...throw a clay slab shape to the desired size tile for their project.
Students will... create a design that relates to their feelings about Covid-19.
Students will...use the subtractive method and additive method to create foreground, middle ground and background.
Coil Pot- Egyptian Canopic Jar w/ cap lid
After studying Egyptian Canopic Jar Sets, students form small groups and develop a unifying theme. From there they pull their own ideas; design and construct their jar using the coil method.
Canopic Jar
...sometimes things expolde...
...it wasn't my fault...
Clay Sources in the Chicagoland Area!
In our studio, here at Sandburg, we use
Standard Clay, white stoneware, #240, ^6
We purchase our clay from:
This is my buddy Carl Mankert who does our equipment repair. He's a great resource for answering general clay questions, making connections to people and equipment, and generally knows everything!