Art News
What's happening in Art this term?
At the end of Term Two, students were busy constructing their Pop Art everyday food objects from clay. These sculptures were inspired by Pop Artists such as Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg. Majority of these have now been fired in the kiln and are ready for glazing.
Stage 1 - Constructing the sculptures. The students use either a slab, coil or pinch pot method to build the sculptures.
Stage 2 - The clay sculptures need to completely dry before they can be fired, this is called bone dry. Once they are bone dry they are ready for their first firing in the Kiln. This is called a Bisque firing.
Stage 3 - Glazing the sculptures. Glaze is the official word for 'painting' when working in ceramics. Once the sculptural forms are glazed they are placed back into the Kiln for their final firing. This is called a glaze firing.
