Yr 9 Art: Ceramics and Sculpture

Year 9 Ceramics and Sculpture focuses on making 3 dimensional artworks. You will be working with clay, mould making, assemblage and soft sculpture. You will explore each artform in depth and conduct personal inquiries into each artform.

This subject will focus on developing skills in ceramics and sculpture. You will learn how to combine ceramic hand building techniques of slab, coil and pinch to create a range of ceramic forms. You will learn about different clay types & how to fire your ceramics and apply different glaze and surface techniques. To create sculptural forms, you will learn how to create plaster moulds for slip casting to make ceramic objects. We will also explore other sculptural mediums such as assemblage art, armatures & soft sculpture. You will plan, develop & document your ideas using a visual arts journal and each skill will be underpinned by drawing and annotating materials, techniques and processes.

Ceramics:

�Hand building techniques � coil, slab and pinch technique

�Types of clay and surface decoration

�Mould making and slip casting

Sculpture:

�Armature - Create wire framework for structure and stability for sculptures

�Assemblage - Sculpture or instillation that assembles various found objects

�Soft Sculpture - Making sculptural art from fibre and soft materials