I can communicate in positive ways to get my needs met.
A day at Expo Chicago brought back a great number of images and ideas… here is one image and then a quote from a different artist. I wish I’d have seen the name of the artist above.
“It doesn’t matter if the story is precisely true…it’s about you telling the story. It’s almost like going to a rock concert where the audience sings along with the performer. I want the viewer’s experiences to be echoed in the work as they are reflected back in the canvases.”
— Nir Hod – Artist
Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links will take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.
6th Grade: CERAMICS and KEEPSAKE Boxes (Last day) and then PHOTOGRAPHY
Keepsake boxes and the final few days… what are your ideas for the surface decoration and embellishment.
Link to lesson plans HERE!
Children hard at work at school in Iowa, 1954.
Gordon Parks The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock
7th Grade: PORTRAITS (and we wrap it up) and then PHOTOGRAPHY and Identity
and then PHOTOGRAPHY
How are we able to use these ideas in NEW ways… I wish I knew who did this because it is a REALLY great approach to talking the neurographic breakdown of the contours in another direction!
Link to lesson plans HERE!
8th Grade 2D Design: Zentangle, Parabola, Line and Shape Design… A lot to think about.
Link to lesson plans HERE!
8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Thrown and Plaster Sculptures.
Nir Hod, Scratches of Butterfly, 2023, Marble and Butterfly Specimen, 18” x 4.5” x 3”, Michael Kohn Gallery
Link to lesson plans HERE!
SHORT LIST of Florian Gatsby
- Centering
- 5 Tips and Tricks on Centering
- Coning Clay
- Opening Up and Forming the Base
- Pulling up the walls
Florian’s List of videos – 12 Videos
Earth Nation Ceramics
Earth Nation Ceramics List of Beginner’s Videos HERE – 30 TOTAL but you don’t need them all
Art With Korb 