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    • Welcome! >
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      • Wheel Throwing
    • Monday Videos
    • Introduction
    • Art Lesson: Studio Habits of Mind
    • Identity
    • Quick Build: Sgraffito Magnets
    • Art Lesson: Elements of Art
    • Imagination
    • Quick Build: Photo Holder
    • Art Lesson: Principles of Design
    • 3 MUGS
    • Quick Build- Wheel Throwing
    • Art Lesson: Art Analysis
    • Vase
    • Quick Build: Name Plate
    • Texture Cube
    • Beauty
    • Dino Dash
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    • Welcome! >
      • Syllabus and Procedures
      • Social Contract
      • Monday Videos
    • Play
    • Emotion >
      • Quick Build: Eyes, Nose, Mouth,
    • Food
    • Gratitude
    • Nature >
      • Quick Build: Flower Pot
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      • Beginning Wheel Throwing
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      • The Perfect 10
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      • Vase
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      • Lidded Container
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      • Social Contract
    • Art Concepts >
      • Monday Inspiration
      • Craftsmanship, Creativity, Effort
      • Art Lesson: Artistic Process
      • Art Lesson: Importance of Art
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      • Quick Build: Bowl Mold
      • Quick Build: Mug
      • Quick Build: Hand
      • Quick Build: Mini Sculptures
      • Quick Build: Stamps
      • Quick Build: Wall Vase
    • Surface Design >
      • Create a Glaze
      • Surface Design
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      • Public art
    • Assessment >
      • Midterm
      • FINAL
    • Slab >
      • Slab Sculpture
      • Wall Piece
      • Darted Tumbler
    • Sculpting >
      • Teapot
      • Mobile/Windchime
      • Surreal
      • Figurine
    • Themes >
      • Prettiness & Hope
      • Struggle & Expression
      • Beauty
      • Anthropomorphic
      • Extreme Emotion
      • Impressionism
      • Inspiration
      • Investigation
      • Holiday Sale
      • Slab Architecture
      • Expressionism
      • Mashup
      • Craftivisim
    • AP-3D >
      • Breadth >
        • Review of the EOA & POD
        • Styrogami
        • Negative Space
        • Found Object
        • Container
        • Cardboard
        • Clay Composite
        • Wearable
      • Concentration >
        • Your voice
        • Project Proposal
        • Friday Critiques
        • Writing Your Statement
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    • Empty Bowls
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WALL PIECE

Essential Questions:
Why is texture important in ceramics?
How can we create meaning using textures?
What are the different ways we can create texture with clay?


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STUDENT EXAMPLES

ARTIST EXAMPLES


PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Create a ceramic artwork that can be hung on a wall and has at least four different textures.

Requirements:

Prep:
Sketch- 10 points

Forming:
Can be hung on the wall - 10 points
Has 4+ textures- 10 points
More than 6" in one direction- 10 points
No obvious cracks- 5 points

Glazing:
Glaze is the proper thickness- 10 points

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

Total points: 65


GRADE SHEET

SKETCH TEMPLATE

TUTORIALS

Video: How to make a slab, and examples of various textures. How to hollow out a sculpture.

TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK

Peer Critique
How's it going?

REFLECTION

Self Reflection
Peer reflection

Unit Plan