MOLD MAKING AND CERAMIC DESIGN PROJECT #1
DRAPE MOLD
Problem:
Create a plywood
form with a negative space designed to repeat a stretched slab form slab form.
Objective: Utilize basic design ideas that
combined slab construction with a drape form and to make a series of
utilitarian pieces or a complex sculpture.
Strategy:
After
your instructor shows the basic idea of how to construct a drape form, make
several sketches exploring possibilities.
Discuss your ideas with your instructor and come to a final design for
the construction of your form. Make the
plywood form under the direction of your instructor and use it to make the
following objects:
Option #1
Produce 4
utilitarian pieces using your form that have a strong design relationship
between foot and lip with handles or lids.
Option #2
create a sculpture that combines flat hard slabs with drape formed objects that
is at least 18” in one direction.
Instructions:
Discuss
the drawings and studies you have made with your instructor before beginning
Consider
how the design of your form an be used in several different ways.
All
pieces should be made with a strong design relationship between the lip, foot,
and profile/thickness of the handles.
Consider
stylistic approaches that reflect historical or contemporary trends.
IMPORTANT:
-Sharp
edges and cracks will merit down grading of the project.
-Ask
questions so your instructor can address specific challenges you may encounter.
-Utilize
all of the given class time for working on the project and have all work
completed for the prescribed critique date
