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      • Beauty
      • Anthropomorphic
      • Extreme Emotion
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      • Expressionism
      • Mashup
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SURFACE DESIGN

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Why are creativity and innovative thinking  important life skills?
What are some ways that we can increase our creativity?


    What do you think?

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CREATIVITY EXERCISE

There are many ways that people try to increase their creativity and imagination. Your objective:  
  1. Pair into groups of two. 
  2. Find an online article or video that talks about building creativity, brainstorming, or some other technique that helps innovative thinking. Try googling: "Increase Creativity" "Brainstorming techniques for artists" "Innovative thinking exercises". 
  3. Complete the worksheet provided in packet.
Creativity Worksheet

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

​​Create six 4"x4" tiles and use different surface decorating techniques with a theme in mind.

Requirements:

Prep:
Group creativity building exercise- 15 points
Mind Map- 5 points
Notes- 5
​Sketches of design- 5 points
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Forming:
​Scraffito tile- 5 points
Paper Templates tile- 5 points
Slip Trailing tile- 5 points

Glazing:
Glaze Inlay tile- 5 points
Wax resist tile - 5 points
Masking Tape tile- 5 points

Reflection:
Self reflection- 5 points
Peer analysis- 5 points

Total points- 70
GRADE SHEET

VOCABULARY

Creativity- is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. Creativity is characterized by the ability to perceive the world in new ways, to find hidden patterns, to make connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena, and to generate solutions.

Innovative thinking- is thinking that goes beyond what you can see. It is imaginative. It is the ability to look beyond the obvious. It is creative and it is different. An innovative thinker can look at something ordinary and see the extraordinary.

Inspiration-the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

Concept-a plan or intention.

Sgraffito- by applying to an unfired ceramic body two successive layers of contrasting slip, and then in either case scratching so as to reveal parts of the underlying layer.

Slip Trailing-the act of decorating an object with a poured stream of slip.

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STUDENT EXAMPLES

Picture

ARTIST EXAMPLES

Sgraffito
Slip Trailing
Inlay
Wax Resiist
Masking

BRAINSTORMING

Mind Map
Picture
Sketch Template
Picture

TUTORIALS: Making Tile, Slip Techniques, Glaze Techniques

NOTES
NOTES
Notes


    Whats your plan?

    Read the article to the right and come up with a plan on how to increase your creativity on your ceramic projects.
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REFLECTION

SELF REFLECTION
PEER REFLECTION

Unit Plan
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