West Albany High School Art Classes with Mrs. Grunwald
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  • Basic Design Class
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      • Famous Artist of the Day (FAD)
      • Self Portrait
      • Scratchboard- texture like Kathe Kollwitz
      • Animal painting inspired by Melissa Cole
      • Printmaking: Carving Linoleum Block
  • Art and Design Class
    • Syllabus
    • Assignments/Projects >
      • Book binding our warm-ups
      • Altered Book
      • Mosaic
      • Yarn Bombing/knitting
      • Environmental art/photography
      • Assemblage box/mixed media
      • Surrealist collage
      • Poetry to art
      • Tessalations
  • Pottery 1 Class
    • Syllabus
    • Assignments with Instructions/videos >
      • Wedging
      • Pinch Pot
      • Glazing
      • Coil Pot
      • Slab Construction
      • Monster inspired by James DeRosso and Chris Paulsen
      • Plates with Sgraffito
      • Head/bust sculpture
      • Wheel experience
    • Interesting videos
    • Resources
  • Pottery 2 Class
    • Assignments >
      • Cylinder on the wheel
      • Totem pole
      • Sculptural piece with majolicas >
        • Animal sculpting inspired by Sara Swink
        • Tea Pot and majolica glazes
        • Shoe sculpture
        • Ghana Coffin and Mexican Offrendas
        • House inspired by David Stabley and pattern design
      • Pods
      • Iron Oxide and subtractive sculpture on tiles
      • sgraffito on a vessel: animal with external skeleton
      • Raku
      • Mugs textured by personal carved stamp inspired by Kristi Lombard
      • Copy of a famous potter
      • Casting
    • Famous Artist/Potter of the Day
  • Pottery 3 Class
  • Pottery 4 Class
  • AP Art Class
    • Syllabus
    • Assignments >
      • Homework
      • Sketchbook-Journal
      • Advanced Exquisite Corpse
      • Artist Trading Cards
      • AP backgrounds
      • Altered book
      • Large gestural paintings
      • Culture mask
      • Further breadth assignments
      • Figure Friday
    • Field trips and visiting artists
  • Art Club
  • Opportunities for Students
  • Careers and Schools in Art
  • About Ms. Grunwald
  • Contact Ms. Grunwald

Pottery 2

Assignments:
- collaborative piece (totem or tile mosaic)
- 2 exact same pinch pots
- coil tea pot using extruder for coils and majolica glazes
- complex slab, making your own pattern, sgraffitto on underglaze
- subtractive sculpting with iron oxide
- cylinders on the wheel
- slip decorated plate
- head/bust carving
- final: your choice

Pottery II is a sequel to Pottery I, built on basic skills learned in Pottery I. Techniques in pottery II will include improving on skills learned in Pottery I. Students will make two pinch pots assembled into a rattle, a coil tea pot glazed with majolica, a complex slab with sgraffito, learn to use iron oxide on a subtractive sculpting, cylinders on the wheel, and slip decoration on a plate. Students will make about 10 projects.
Students will study historical and contemporary pottery themes, which could include techniques, artists, cultures and philosophies.
Students should be able to assess the quality of their own work and others. Students should be improving their technical skills. Students should be learning terms and vocabulary involved in Pottery.
Check out our syllabus, assignments, instructions, rubrics, get links to "how to" videos, and look at other resources like magazines, sources for pottery supplies, etc
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