EXPRESSIVE COIL POTS - Free Form

ex·pres·sive: adjective,  effectively conveying thought or feeling.

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ASSIGNMENT:

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YOUR TASK IS TO CREATE A FREE FORM CERAMIC FORM USING COILS. 

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When working with coil you are working with LINE.

Line can convey a variety of characteristics; 

• Anxious: small form, timid lines, fragile, empty or hollow

• Aggressive: sharp angles, heavy or dense body, jagged lines, bold textures

• Joyful: energetic diagonal lines, light foot, playful lines

 

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Sketch some possibilities. Spend some time really refining your ideas.

 

Sketchbook Research

Working across two adjacent pages on your sketchbook;

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Fill your pages with a series of design ideas, each showing your understanding of how to make use of each of the individual design principles listed below.  You can also create a series of thumbnail sketches and brainstorm a variety of ways to coil. 

 

1. Contrast/Variety  - use of a variety of shapes, forms, textures                 

2. Emphasis - something dominates - a motif or a high point.....                                           

3. Balance – Symmetrical or Asymmetrical                

4. Structure – understanding that coil is the structural element