Ceramics: Artists: Home

Robert Arneson

Michael Boreniec

Rebecca Buck

Matthew Chambers

Hans Coper

William Daley

Ken Eastman

Wayne Higsby

Cody Hoyt

Jun Kaneko

Beate Kuhn

Marilyn Levine

Bernard Leach

Ethan Lillemoe

Carol Long

John Mason

Lorna Meaden

Ron Nagle

Isamu Noguchi

Richard Notkin

George Ohr

Lisa Pedolsky

Kenneth Price

Shawn Spangler

Toshiko Takaezu

Peter Voulkos

DUE: They need to be in my Inbox by 4:00PM TODAY, Monday, April 9. 

My email address isdtrauba@ehshouston.org

Ceramic Processes:

Wheel Thrown

Slab Construction

Coil Method

Mold Making

Hand Sculpting

Elements of Design:

Point:  The smallest unit of design.

Line:  The path of a moving point as it moves across an area.  A line is made visible because it contrasts in value with its surroundings.  Three-dimensional lines may be made using string, wire, tubes, rods, etc.

Shape:  An area that stands out from the space next to or around it because of a defined or implied boundary or because of differences of value, color, or texture.

Form:  Objects having three dimensions.  Like a shape, a form has height and width, but it also has depth.  Forms are either geometric or organic.

Color:  The visual response to the wavelengths of light identified as red, green, blue, etc.; having the physical properties of hue, intensity, and value.

Texture:  Visually reduced pattern.  Can be actual or illusory and perceived through touch or sight.

Space:  The measurable distance or interval between points or images.  Shapes and forms are defined by the space around and within them.

Value:  The relative lightness or darkness of an object.

Principles of Design

Variety:  Differences achieved by apposing, contrasting, changing or diversifying elements in a composition to add individualism and interest: the counterpoint to unity in art.

Pattern:  Visually enlarged texture.

Rhythm:  A continuance, a flow or a sense of movement achieved by repetition of regulated visual units; the use of measured accents.

Movement:  Eye travel directed by visual pathways in a work of art.

Balance:  A Sense of visual equilibrium achieved through implied weight, attention, or attraction.

Contrast:  The combination of two or more elements of design that is visually very different.

Emphasis:  The principle of design that makes one part of a work dominant over the other parts.

Unity:  The result of bringing the elements of art into the appropriate ratio between harmony and variety to give a sense of oneness.

1. From the list provided, choice one ceramics piece from 3 different ceramic artists (Describe 3 pieces altogether) 

2. Write a paragraph for each describing the work using the elements and principles of design and which methods you think were used to construct the piece.

You will email me a document that has 3 pages.  The artist’s name, the picture of the artwork and the description paragraph for each page. 

DUE: They need to be in my Inbox by 4:00PM

My email address is dtrauba@ehshouston.org

Database: ArtSTOR

Login: jsucci@ehshouston.org / ehshouston

Robert Arneson

Hans Coper

William Daley

Ken Eastman

Wayne Higby

Jun Kaneko

Bernard Leach

Marilyn Levine

John Mason

Ron Nagle

Isamu Noguchi

Richard Notkin

George Ohr

Kenneth Price

Toshiko Takaezu

Peter Voulkos