1. Pottery
Spring 2014

2. What is Pottery
Functional and decorative artwork such as vases, bowls, pots, and dishes that are molded from clay and fired in a kiln
Functional = useable
Decorative = beautifully designed

3. Decorative Designs
How can the way the pottery is decorated say something about where or when it was made?

4. Pattern Principle of Design
A regular repetition of colors, lines, shapes, or forms in an artwork.

5. Unity Principle of Design
The quality of an artwork that happens when all parts of an artwork work together to create a sense of wholeness and completion.
How do these show unity?
What other ideas do you have for using unity in pottery?

6. Functional Pottery
What can the way the pottery is formed tell you about what it is used for?
Why types of uses can you think of for pottery?
Teapot
Cups
Bowls
Plates
Water jar
Seed pot
Vase

7. Squared Vase Shoji Hamada, 1894-1978 Japanese 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 3/4“
no date

8. Untitled Bowl Kanjiro Kawai, 1890-1966 Japanese 8 1/4 x 1 3/4" dia.
1950

9. Untitled
Lucie Rie, British 10 1/4 x 4 7/8" dia.
no date

10. Gwari Casserole Michael Cardew, 1901-1983 British 8 1/2 x 12 x 12“
1976

11. Tureen Jerry Rothman, b. 1933 American 19 1/4 x 21 1/2 x 12“
late 1970s

12. Vessel/Violet
Ralph Bacerra, b American 11 1/2 x 22" dia.
1988

13. Vessel
John Mason, b American
1993

14. Sleeper
Tanya Batura, b American
12 x 7 1/2 dia.
circa 2003

15. Native American Pottery

16. Greek Pottery

17. Asian Pottery

18. What Elements Will You Use?
Line
Shape
Form
Value
Space
Texture
Color

19. Sketches Decide what kind of pottery you want to make:
What do you want to use it for? How will this determine the form you create?
How will you use pattern to make your pottery decorative ?
How will you use unity in your pottery?
Draw the front view largest.
Draw a side view and back view (even if they are the same or similar to the front view).

20. Resources http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/collections/cera mics/images.php
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vase.htm
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