 Adirondack
Curriculum
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NYS Content Area Standard
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Arts 1. Create, perform, participate in the arts
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Title: Fallen Leaf Pottery
Grade Level: 9th Grade, Studio in Art, Ceramics
Author: Jennifer Moore, Saranac Lake CSD
Email: saranacstudios@northnet.org
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Adirondack Curriculum Content Area
_X__ Natural History
___ Human History
_X__ Culture & the Arts
___ Government & Civics
___ Economy
___ Health, Recreation & Life Skills |
Investigative Question or Issue: How can we create
original ceramic pieces that reflect the inherent beauty of
our Adirondack surroundings?
Challenge:
Context for this Challenge: Students
will need an opportunity to take an autumn walk/hike in a
semi-wilderness/wilderness environment in order to collect the range of
materials required by this challenge. On this walk/hike, students
should collect natural materials and objects that
interest them and are found only on the ground -
leaves, twigs, small stones, cones, and the like.
The Challenge: With
the guidance and assistance of your ceramics instructor,
create an original, unique, and creative ceramic piece that is
influenced and enhanced by
the natural beauty of the Adirondack Mountains. This work should
somehow capture your sense of the essence of the Adirondacks. This
piece of ceramic art should also be functional and of high quality and
craftsmanship.
Follow the process indicated below to create your ceramic work:
- If it is helpful, sketch, out some ideas that
indicate how your
ceramic might look using the materials collected on your wilderness
walk/hike.
- Create a functional ceramic peice, using the
potter's wheel or
hand-rolled slabs of clay
- Using your collected materials, make
impressions in the
clay, create patterns or motifs, or use objects as decorative drawing
references.
- As you approach the finishing stages of your
ceramic piece, consider
how you might use materials and especially color, to help your work
embody the essence of its natural environment.
- Display your piece using left over collected
materials.
- Once you have finished your work, participate
in a class critique. Be
prepared to share you work, discussing personal
choices and describing significant steps in your creative process.
We will discuss the time parameters for this
challenge in class.
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Quality Standards:
Ceramic
piece is completed and ready for display on time
Ceramic piece incorporates materials/objects collected on walk/hike
Ceramic piece is original, unique, and creative.
Ceramic piece refects high quality craftsmanship.
Ceramic piece is functional
Ceramic piece somehow embodies the essence of the Adirondacks.
Artist participates in a class critique by presenting their work
and answering questions.
Examples
of Student Work
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Adapted for the Adirondack
Curriculum Project from
the work of Education By Design TM and Leading EDGE, LLC
©ACP 2002
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