NAEA19 tile

Products Used

Bisque
  • 6" Tile

Color
  • SC-15 Tuxedo
  • SC-26 Green Thumb
  • SC-29 Blue Grass
  • SC-88 Tu Tu Tango 
  • SC-97 Cant-elope
  • FN-001 White

Decorating Accessories

  • CB-604 #4 Soft Fan
  • CB-110 #10/0 Liner
  • ST-367 Leafy Border Stamp
  • AC-220 Detailer Bottles

Miscellaneous Accessories

  • Pencil
  • Sponge
  • Scissors
  • Cardboard Tube
  • Isopropyl Alcohol 

 

Designer: Marcia Roullard
Description: Grades 3-12

This project takes inspiration from the Impressionism and Abstract Art movements and relates them to ceramic glazes to create flowers with texture and light elements. Impressionism is a style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s, characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, especially in terms of the shifting effect of light and color. Abstract Art is art that does not attempt to represent external reality but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, colors, and textures.

Objective

  • Students will experience the uses of ceramic glazes techniques and processes.
  • Students will translate impressionism and the abstract art movement to their own artwork.
  • Students will create textures to express real-life objects.
  • Students will express light with ceramic glazes.

Instructions

  1. On bisque fired to 04, brush on two coats of FN-001 White using CB-604 Soft Fan. While the second coat is wet, squirt on SC-26 Green Thumb and SC-29 Blue Grass from AC-220 Detailer Bottles, in a sporadic fashion. Mix colors separately in the detailer bottle, 1" of color, 1/4" of water and 1/2" of isopropyl alcohol. Mix well. Spray with alcohol for an interesting effect.
  2. When dry, cut a toilet paper tube at the bottom to look like fringe, to form flower petals. Sponge SC-88 Tu Tu Tango with SC-97 Cant-elope to the fringe, press to the tile, repeat several times.
  3. Sponge SC-97 Cant-elope to the centers. Dot with SC-15 Tuxedo, use the eraser and tip of the pencil to vary the size of the dots.
  4. Use a sponge to apply SC-15 Tuxedo to the ST-367 Leafy Border Stamp only apply to sections of leaves on the stamp. Press to the tile around the flowers.
  5. Use CB-110 Liner to accent the petals of the flowers with SC-15 Tuxedo.
  6. Fire to cone 05/06.

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