CERAMICS 9-12
Subject/Theme Elements
Principles
Technique/Media Suggested
Artist
Pinched Balls of
Peter
Clay and Acrylic
Voulkos
Paint
Style
Evaluation
Resources
Sculpture
See Rubric
Power point
on Voulkos’
works,
teacher
examples
Posters and
Student
Examples
Pinch Pots
Shape and
Color
Form and
Proportion
Coil Bowls
Shape,
Color,
Space, and
Line
Hand Rolled Coils Madaline
of Clay, Clay,
Odundo
Glaze
Functional
Pottery
See Rubric
Slab Vase
Shape,
Texture,
Color,
Space, Line
Emphasis,
Form,
Contrast,
Pattern, and
Proportion
Balance
Rolled out
sections/strips of
clay, (Slab) Glaze
Bernard
Leach
Functional
Pottery
See Rubric
Coffee Mugs
Shape and
Color
Proportion
and
Harmony
Slab method and
different glazing
methods
Warren
Mackenzie
Functional
Pottery
See Rubric
Pitcher
Shape,
Balance,
Texture, and Rhythm, and
Line
Proportion
Slab method and
different textural
methods
Paul Dresang Functional
Pottery
See Rubric
Posters on
Bernard
Leach and a
variety of
Books on
Slab
Methods
Examples of
Functional
Pottery
throughout
time
Examples of
different
textures
used in
pottery
Scultpture
Vessels
Texture,
Line, and
Space
Balance and
Proportion
Slab and Pinch
Building, Glaze
Techniques
Face Jugs
Functional
vs.
Decorative
Sculpture
See Rubric
Hamada
Bottles
Shape and
Texture
Rhythm and
Harmony
Slab and Pinch
Building, Glaze
Techniques
Shoji
Hamada
Functional
and
Decorative
Ceramics
See Rubric
Letters
Texture and
Line
Form and
Balance
Large Slab
methods, slip and
score methods
Claes
Oldenburg
and Pop Art
See Rubric
Jar
Texture,
Line, Space,
and Color
Rhythm,
Harmony,
Balance
Pinch and Slab
methods, variety
of glaze methods
Dan
Anderson
Decorative,
NonFunctional
Art
Functional
Pottery
Teapot
Shape,
Color, and
Texture
Pattern,
Repetition,
and Balance
Pinch, Coil, and
Slab methods.
Possible wheel
throwing tech.
Meret
Oppenheim
Functional
and
Decorative
Pottery
See Rubric
See Rubric
presently
and in the
past
Student
examples of
face jugs,
books, and
primitive
examples
Examples of
Hamada
Bottles and
works of art
from
Japanese art
circa 1970
Examples of
student
work
Examples of
pottery by
Dan
Anderson
and other
local artists
Examples of
the Great
Teapot
Shows