Progress and Book Check 4/16/2012

Make sure you are documenting your progress in your book.
Here is a link that relates to what almost all of you are working on!
Go to this link and include at least 3 images of what you like and what you don't.  What inspires you?  What ideas do you get when looking at the images?  Do you wonder about surface, form, etc...
Hope everyone had a good weekend!
http://www.schallergallery.com/exhibition-list.php?id=84

Throwing Blind!

Investigative Workbooks Due!
Don't forget to write reflections about throwing blindfolded?
Write notes from critique on Friday!  Where are you headed?  How are you connecting with the work you are making?  How does what we notice affect what we create?  Write down your noticing in order to inform your work?  Remember, influences are not often planned, but rather, noticed!  We will continue this sort of pondering and noticing in class!  Document, reflect, play, and keep your mind open to the possibilities!  See everyone after the state testing ritual is over on Friday!  Hope Seniors are enjoying their rest and relaxation time during testing days!  We are heading into the final 9 weeks of the year!

Fortune Cookies!

Thank you!  Advanced Ceramics students have been making fortune cookies for the Valentine's Day fundraiser!  Hopefully, we will raise money for the Art Department!

Critique and Investigative Workbook Review!

Critique today! Talk about where you are at, and what you want to accomplish!  We will go from here!

Final Three!

Make sure that your are documenting all of your learning in your Investigative Workbooks.  Take progress images as you work.  Document both success and failure?  What ideas do you have?  Why do you do what you do?  Put sketches in your book as your work.  Number and date all pages.
Make sure you have your book for our CELEBRATION OF LEARNING!

Hard to believe that 1st semester will be over in three weeks!

We have a lot to do!

1. Final Investigative Workbook- All work completed 1st semester with review and images included.
2. All work glazed for reduction firing
3. All work photographed
4. Images to Lisa for submissions to art shows
5. Clean-up!
6. Final Celebration of Learning/Review/Critique on Final day!
Oh, and I almost forgot! The sale is coming up! Start thinking about what you want to sale!
ALL WORK MUST BE TURNED IN ON FINAL DAY!  NO EXCEPTIONS!

Critique and Moving Forward!

Excellent Critique Friday!

Moving Forward-
1.  Continue to document your journey in your investigative workbooks.  Remember to balance your book pages with sketches, reflection, process, images (photographs) and research.  Your book should be closely connected to the work being done in the studio.  Research should include artists with reflections and notes about how they inform and inspire your work.  Remember, to include what you notice around you, and how this influences your work?  Ask, yourself,  "How does the context in which I am living influence my work?"  ( Does what you eat influence the kind of food containers you make?)  Are their certain issues, or stories you would like to tell using art as the medium? 

Please take a close look at the attached video, it is and example example of the role of context and culture and how it affects the artist as a maker!  We will discuss and review this video in class.

Produce Week!

In the spirit of fall we are having PRODUCE week!
You have all week to work on integrating your research with what you produce.  You must also be focusing on developing your own VOICE. 

Critique on FRIDAY!  Be sure you are taking process images.  Also, you must be documenting how your research has INSPIRED, and INFORMED  your work? 

You must have your Investigative workbook with you for critique.  We will need it in order to document your research/integration with what you are producing.    Remember to document process, and take notes along the way!  (Document your journey!) 

Remember the things that you notice, are often where influence and voice come from!  Listen, look, record.
Ask yourself- WHAT IF? 

Kristen Kieffer's page-  Great example of integrating influences, and noticing into your work, in order to develop your own voice!
http://networkedblogs.com/mUtTE

Be ready to share!