Ceramics 1

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Ceramics 1

• Week 10

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Maturing Temperature

• Temperature at which clay becomes bisque
• Cone 04 to cone
• 1800 º -1926º f

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Different Types of Clay Become Bisque at
Different Temperatures
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Earthenware

• Clay matures _at_ 1800o
• Still porous (absorbs water)
• Clay fires white or pink
• Glazes more likely to retain bright colors

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Terracotta Is One Type of Earthenware Clay

• Used to make flower pots

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Stoneware

• Matures _at_ 2100 o-2300o
• Stronger than earthenware
• Impervious to water acids
• Glaze colors more muted
• Glaze to clay bond stronger so less likely to
  chip

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Porcelain

• Clay matures _at_ 2300o-2600 white clay having the
  consistency of toothpaste

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Porcelain

• Tolets
• Sinks

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Porcelain Walls Can Be Made So Thin That They Are
TranslucentThis Artist Puts a Tea Light Inside
That Makes Her Work Glow!
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Malleable Clay

• Very plastic, easy to model
• Requires very little slip or scoring to join

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Leather Hard Clay

• Stronger, supports own weight, doesnt sag or
  tear easily
• Requires extensive slip and scores to join

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Bone Dry Clay

• Very hard
• Very brittle
• Forms break easily
• Clay must be bone dry to be fired in the kiln

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Creative Problem Solving Synectics

• Comes from the Greek word for "bringing different
  things into a unified connection"

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Synectics Means Metaphors

• Metaphors create relationships between unlike
  things, people, animals, objects, events or
  concepts.

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Easy Metaphors

• How is the ocean like the sky? How is a piano
  like a bird?
• Both the ocean and the sky are blue, both contain
  moisture, etc.
• Both pianos and birds make beautiful music

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Try to Find a Common Relationship Between These
Two Very Different Things

• 4 acres of tall gray stone columns
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• A little girl dressed in pink

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What Can Relate These Two Things?
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The More You Know about the subject the Better
the Metaphor!The Girl Is Standing in the Middle
of a Memorial in Berlin, Germany Dedicated to the
Millions of Murdered Jews of Europe
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What links these two things?

• Peter Eisenman said, he created 4 acres of gray
  stone pillars in a maze to produce an uneasy,
  confusing atmosphere
• This uneasy feeling is mirrored in the little
  girls separation from her mother, just like the
  millions of dead are separated from their
  families
• This uneasy feeling is mirrored in the little
  girls confusion within the maze

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Self-portrait Project

• Start thinking about a metaphor for your life,
  your relationships with friends and/or family
  members
• What 3 forms, colors, shapes, etc. Create a
  metaphor to tell your story
• Create a metaphor for your personality, and your
  history
• My world is a color, a shape, and a feeling