Te Waka
Critical Thinking.
An inquiry topic in a potDisability, invention, science, workers conditions, philanthropy, slavery, campaigning, evolution.....
Detective work

http://row.wedgwood.com/history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDDBQh8YpfA

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This underpins all our work this year.
http://heatonschoolart.blogspot.co.nz/p/the-six-elements.html

Welcome back
Term 1 2016
This term we are working towards are Fairtrade Art Exhibition so will be studying Fairtrade. Don't forget your class studies are relevant too.
What can you but that is Fairtrade?
What is the difference between Fairtrade and Fair Trade?
Look at the leaflets etc. How has the designer made you look at key issues/comments and how has colour been used to balance
Homework 1
Look out for any Fairtrade/Fair Trade items, evidence, wrappers/packaging
How many things did you see.
Good advertising examples.
Homework 2
How many things do you have at home that are made of clay?
Detective work
Which company made the blue and white dish I showed you and how does that connect to Fair trade?

LRC Livebinder Fair Trade Resources
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=753523

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Term 1 2015
Welcome back year 8s
This rotation will be studying Fairtrade and making work in ceramics, paint and collage.

Lesson 1 Thursday 4th February
Well done Year 8s
Make sure you have your folders organised and labelled, updating room numbers and Rotation numbers. Make sure you have created a 'bookmark' between year 7 and year 8 work.
remember in 2010 we became a Fairtrade School, the first in Canterbury.
Tasks
*Investigate Fairtrade/Fair Trade. Collect leaflets, articles etc.
How has the graphic designer made you want to read about Fairtrade and show key points.
If you look up a video make sure you write down the link as evidence. What does you family know about Fairtrade?

*Collect any Fairtrade Packaging, they may include eating the contents of a Fairtrade Chocolate Bar.

* What items at home are made from clay? Can you work out how they were made and are any of them signed?

Remember to bring enough equipment to art.
You may bring water bottles to the lessons.

Lesson 2 Monday 9th February
Not many people remembered about researching clay and Fairtrade. Congratulations to Max who photographed pottery from home so that we could discuss how it was made. He was given the first Art prize.
We talked a bit about clay. Where is comes form , what is it.
Different clay from different parts of the world or county depending on the geology of that country.
Mankind's first 'science' after cooking. Changing a natural material by introducing heat to fuse the clay particles together to make a permanent structure: one way process. Wet clay moves because the water acts as a lubricant between the particles of clay. When the water evaporates the clay won't move any more. If we add water again the clay returns to it's previous state: Reversible process.
Clay has been used for thousands of years and is still sometimes the best option e.g. Heat shield tiles on the space shuttle. It is used in many processes we may not know about , industry often uses clay.
Task
Roll out a clay tile 12cm square using cloth ( to prevent sticking on table) rolling pin and battons to check width. Name and wrap in plastic for next lesson.
Need to be very careful with clay, understand how it works to be successful.
Air is dangerous, any trapped air with expand when the clay is fired in the kiln and break your clay work. You need to join any pieces of clay carefully so as not to trap air.
New Vocabulary
Kiln : this fires the clay turning it into ceramic, fusing the particles of clay together it is also used for the second firing if a glaze is required.
Centrifugal Force: Well, this is a tricky one, it comes from the Latin for 'Central Fleeing' and is usually described as a force that makes things fly away when spun. Whilst that might be the feeling when we are going round on a roundabout it is not quite what is happening in terms of Physics. Those of you for whom this is important I suggest you research soem Physics sites or coma and have a chat with me.

Lesson 3 11/2/15
Textured tile test
We will learn 4 techniques
Carve
Texture
Build and
Burnish

New words -
SLIP, liquid clay for joining, decorating or casting.
Burnish, to polish by rubbing with a smooth tool or object compacting the particles so as to create a shiny surface.

We will use Fairtrade food items and wooden blocks to create texture and pattern and include relevant Text .
Remember back to year 7 taking a line for a walk and balancing colour and texture when designing your tile.

How to make a wordle for Fairtrade
Just type or cut and paste from a Fairtrade document into the word box, chosoe style , colour etc if needed.
http://www.wordle.net/create

lesson 4 16/2/15
Finished test tiles. Write up 'diary' of how you made the tile.
What worked well and what would you like to use in your main project.
We discussed how you could also do your own theme e.g cricket , press boot studs into clay, roll the seam of a ball. draw the rhythm of bowling in the clay, even add a bit of soil from a pitch to your clay. or make something for a special person, include favourite quotes etc.
New words
Firing
Kiln
Ceramic

17/2/15
Whole House Reuse project design. See link on home page.
What could you do with the items I brought back from 19 Admirals Way, New Brighton?
What is significant about the project? Layers of time, history, decoration, lives of the occupants.
Design useful objects from the dismantled parts of the house.

23/2/15
Look at the chair I made, idea evolved. Ideas don't come in complete package all at one. They grow organically. Some ideas change, some things decided not to use. Not a waste of time as they help you resolve the design, they may be used for something else later.
My chair based on Malawi chair and chair in One Tree Project from England.

Made from a Rimu shelf from the house. Chair connects with chair memorial. I deliberately made the chair on the anniversary of the earthquakes on Sunday 22nd. Chair has reversible parts so I can choose to leave one side looking like the shelf , the origin of the wood, and the other side sand and polish if I choose. Can add decoration, nails to form wall paper pattern, numbers from catalogue code from the project, 19 ( number of house), date of earthquakes 22/2/11, number of people who lost their lives 186, postcode 8061.

Tiles have been through first firing, bisque or biscuit firing changing the clay to ceramic.
Clay may then be glazed with clear or coloured glaze and either underglaze or oxides used to enhance texture or paint new patterns on to the clay.
We chose a good side template for our slab pot design. Taking 4 templates begin designing where to put line , texture and text. Remember year 7 long drawing for beauty of line, balance etc. Can print and paint with coffee paint, made from instant coffee and water.
Continue with diary of making your tile.
new words:-
Firing
Kiln
Bisque
Glaze
Underglaze
Oxides
ceramic

Art History research
Fairtrade Bowls handout.

FAIRTRADE BOWLS

Just over 200 years ago ( 1807 ) Britain passed a bill to abolish

slavery. The people who campaigned for this were

called Abolitionists. One of their supporters was Josiah

Wedgwood, one of England's most famous potters. He

produced a series of ceramic pieces to advertise the

cause. Some shops at the time advertised that the sugar

in their shops was ‘Slave Free’ just in the same way that

Trade Aid advertises it’s Chocolate as Slave Free.

All good campaigns need a slogan. Wedgwood made

cameo brooches for supporters to wear that featured a

slave in chains, there was a male and a female version,

with the slogan

‘Am I not a man and a brother’ or

‘Am I not a woman and a sister’

We discussed what this meant in class and related this

to our understanding of the humanitarian philosophy

behind Fairtrade and role Fairtrade plays in the

campaign against slavery.

Medallion Josiah Wedgwood

Wedgwood sugar bowl

Just as we would wear a badge or use a mug promoting

a favourite team or cause so did the Abolitionists. They

might wear one of Wedgwood’s medallions or

brooches or use one of his special ceramics pieces.

The sugar bowl on the table was a good conversation

piece and gave the owner the opportunity to engage

guests in discussion about the plight of slaves.

Other Abolitionist campaign sugar bowls

Modern Fairtrade campaign mugs

Don't forget to annotate or add to any handouts. Highlight key words to show that you have read and understood.
Unfortunately slavery is still big business today and people are still campaigning against slavery
Stop the Traffik - an amazing charity that rescues slaves and campaigns against slavery, check them out.

Just for fun, look at this video to see how to make animal heads in clay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-OXRvzPnbo#t=17

25/2/15
Continue with vase designs on paper.
Look at Fairtrade advertising to see how graphic designers use image and words to catch attention , surprise, make people think. How they may use common phrases and images.
Stop the Traffik, The Advent calendar poster, Easter egg.

Introduction to Grayson Perry, English Contemporary Ceramic Artist. His vases tell stories and comment on society.
He produced an amazing exhibition in the British Museum in London a few years ago. Have a look at the link below.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/past_exhibitions/2012/grayson_perry.aspx

Some of Grayson Perry's pots appear conventional , well crafted, but on closer inspection may tell a different or unexpected story. His pot, 'Frivolous Now', included cyber bullying, CCTV, A&E and I Pads in it's imagery. Like the adverts we looked at we are lured by the familiar then on closer inspection challenged.

5 min interview.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-18627490

2/3/2015
new words

Wabi Sabi / Japanese
The beauty of the imperfect.

This is a bit like the materials from the Whole House Reuse project.

This has been incorporated in the small table we made at the workshop to go with the chair.

Fairtrade Footballs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZM5-FbKeSw&safe=active

4 panel design.
Look at your designs, is it beautiful, is it meaningful , is it beautiful and meaningful?
Which parts are built up, carved, pressed? Are details too near the edges causing problems when joining. Why have you used a certain font? Is it inspirational in it's beauty and/or contents

4 March
Cover boards with plastic, label templates for tiles ready to make tiles on Monday.

25/3/15
Last session on the vases. These must be completed today
Vases must be photographed and a conversation with your pot form completed.
Then go back to tiles to use underglaze .

_____________________________________________________________________________2014 The Last rotation of the year
Artist models are Katie Gold and Neil Dawson.

The first two rotations will be working on Fairtrade. This work will be exhibited during Fairtrade Fortnight.

Find out about Fairtrade here
http://www.dubble.co.uk

Well we have spent a long time discussing the background to this.
What is Fairtrade? Have you been doing your research? Do you know the difference between Fairtrade one word and Fair Trade two words?
How special is Heaton? We were the first Fairtrade School in Canterbury, 14th in NZ. As part of our commitment to Fairtrade we serve Fairtrade tea, coffee and hot chocolate in the staff room, teach Heaton Students about Fairtrade and also spread the message to our community.
All Good, the first Fairtrade Bananas to come to NZ were brought here by an ex Heaton Student Simon Coley. Check out All Good Bananas .
People have been campaigning trying to get shoppers to purchase ethically for over two hundred years. When Britain was trying to abolish slavery shops in London advertised that the sugar they sold was not made by slaves. Josiah Wedgwood made ceramic medallions and bowls that campaigned against slavery.
We can train our brain to be more creative. Check out 'Re-design your Brain' episode two. We had a go at one test; to see how many uses we could think of for a banana. Then we tried to think of how many ways we could use a banana to make art.
Have you tried to tattoo a banana yet? Don't forget to take a photo to show us.

Have you been to the RISE exhibition at the Canterbury Museum yet? It is free and seriously good fun. Have you seen this painting by Roa on the wall of the museum.

Lots of Banksys too!

So get going on your research and don't forget we have heaps of great art activities and exhibitions coming up this year. Your work may end on on display in all sorts of places in Christchurch and you may even become globally famous by being on the Art Blog!

One goal this year is to learn about more artist, designers, photographers and architects. Keep a record of all the people you find out about and include details of specific works. try and find people from your own cultural background, NZ , some contemporary artists ( do you remember what that means? ) and try and have an equal number of men and women.

Wednesday 12th February

Well hello creative people. How is the brain training going?

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”

― Albert Einstein

Our new word today PAREIDOLIA

Pareidolia is seeing what appears to the individual to be a representation of a face, figure, or form in the clouds, wood grain, marble, smoke, shadows, or any non-homogeneous area.

Don’t underestimate this idea of mine, which calls to mind that it would not be too much of an effort to pause sometimes to look into these stains on walls, the ashes from the fire, the clouds, the mud, or other similar places. If these are well contemplated, you will find fantastic inventions that awaken the genius of the painter to new inventions, such as compositions of battles, animals, and men, as well as diverse composition of landscapes, and monstrous things, as devils and the like. These will do you well because they will awaken genius with this jumble of things. But, first you must know the components of all those groups of things you wish to represent, such as the members of the animal kingdom, as well as the components of the countryside, such as rocks, plants and similar things........”

LEONARDO DA VINCI - from the "Treatise on Painting":

What did you see in the Fairtrade Banana skin 'print' ?

Some people saw a Pheonix rising from the ashes, an angel, a catapult, and ,when the other way up, a rocket ship and sideways they created monsters and other strange animals.

Then we looked at designs and patterns for Ecuador. Remember this is a country with a varied history.

Never the less, as we learn to recognise the languages spoken by a culture , so to do we learn to recognise the visual language culture of a country or people.

Flat Stamp, 8th–12th century.
Ecuador; Manteño Ceramic;

Pedestal Bowl, 13th–16th century
Colombia/Ecuador; Tuza/Cuasmal

painting mucawa

applying tree sap to a hot bowl

We explored the way pattern was used, repeated, reverted, echoed etc and produced a design ideas sheet. Our next task is to decorate our banana outline using these patterns.

Our artist for the day

Andy Warhol

What can you find out about him and which art works do you like?

"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes"

Andy Warhol 1968

http://warhola.com/biography.html

Don't forget show show evidence of anything you look up, go and see or discover. Try and give your personal opinion/view. If you tattoo a banana please take a picture so we can all see!

17th February

Remember to keep up to date. It is important to show your thinking and what you think. Presentation matters . It shows you care and makes it easier fro teachers to assess/mark. At high school exams may be marked externally by people you do not low and some will be marked internally by your own teachers. Don't make it difficult for them. If I look in your book how to I know you have understood, done any research, like a particular work? Look at the curriculum criteria and see what is going to be assessed. It is on the wall in the art room.

Using charcoal. Today we explored using charcoal with a banana as the subject matter. best to use bid sweeping marks full of energy. Wiping back with the Fairtrade Coffee sacks and drawing light with the rubbers. Working back in again with more charcoal and highlighting with chalk.

More about charcoal

http://www.personal.rdg.ac.uk/~scsharip/Charcoal.htm