So Much More Than The Figure (C0203)
| Full Course Title | So Much More than the Figure (C0203) |
| Dates | Jun 14, 2010 - Jun 25, 2010 |
| Concept | Explore the figure in sculpture with basic handbuilding techniques. "See" and understand the gesture and form of the figure by modeling quick studies during several sessions with a model. Connect the sculpture and the maker with your personal and narrative interpretations, pulling the viewer into the work. We demonstrate and practice detailed technical information on face features and proportions and investigate surface treatments on wet clay with slips, underglazes, dry clays and mark-making. |
| Media & Techniques | We construct basic forms with large coils. Then we use the subtractive and additive methods and push out from the inside of the form to convey the necessary detail. Materials include a coarse red sculpture clay fired to cone 5 with multiple surface treatments and slips. We will experiment with multi-firing and low-fire glazes. |
| Activities | Students construct one life-size head, several small pinch heads for surface tests, two modeled figures from the model and a carved out torso/head piece. There will be morning and afternoon demonstrations. |
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Debra Fritts teaches at the Art Center West in Roswell and conducts workshops nationally. Her sculptures were included in "Form and Imagination," Women Ceramic Sculptors at the American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California, and at SOFA Chicago and in New York |
