Old Into New

This unit is designed to introduce you to the rich variety of pots made by ancient cultures, and how ancient designs can be used for ideas for contemporary designs.

Unit Objectives: Students will: 

• research ancient ceramic forms and their uses

• reproduce an ancient pot

• research contemporary pots

• make a contemporary pot based on an ancient design

Possible Web Sites:
http://www.ceramicstudies.me.uk/index.html
http://seco.glendale.edu/~rkibler/198imagegallery.html

Activity A.

Search internet, view slides, read history pages, and look for examples in books and postcards of ancient ceramics.  You must choose a design prior to Ancient Greek ceramics.  Make a sketch of the pot you most admire, then hand build a copy in clay.  The copy does not need to be an exact copy in the same scale as the original, but it should be made to closely resemble the original.  Surface decoration that is painted on should be done with slips or sgraffito. H.1.2, H.7.1, H.9.1

Activity B.

The second part of the project requires you to make a modern version of the first pot.  You must reinterpret the pot from an ancient culture so that it becomes contemporary.  Think about our own culture - MTV, TV , consumer society, brand names - form inspiration and influences.  Your pot should have a real or imagined use. H.9.1