CERAMIC FAUX BOIS

The artist's impression of wood in clay

Teacher: David D_ Gilbaugh

Class Description

Faux Bois and “The Tectonic Method is a series of lectures, demonstrations, student project assignments, and class critiques of student work. Intermediate and advanced students will apply established hand-building techniques and learn advanced methods using dowels and armatures to create tall cylinder based forms to construct mugs, vases, teapots, lamp bases, and tall sculptural forms.

Students will learn simulated wood affects called “Ceramic Faux Bois” using specialized wood-gaining tools. They will also learn the “Tectonic Method” to create detailed earthy textures and tectonic forms with paper clay and specialized construction applications to build their choice of taller forms such as decorative lamps, fountains, or sculptures. Since these skills require considerable practice and repetition to develop, students should expect to create some forms solely for practice and are encouraged to submit their best work for critique. Approximately 50% of bone dry work will be edited.

Students who successfully complete this class are encouraged to propose a more individualized course of study in subsequent classes with this instructor.

Lesson 1 Demonstrations

Organization of the work area

Basic wood gaining in clay

Projects

1. 4 Texture Samples: Four 6X11 paper clay samples demonstrating a variety of patterns using the seven wire texture tools and stretched using the Tectonic Method.

Lesson 2 Demonstrations

Naturalizing wood grains using the Tectonic Method

Texture tool studies and making samples

Making a mug with dowels

Projects

2. Work-flow Tool organizer: Create a tool organizer and work-flow deck

3. 5 wood grained mugs made using dowels and the factory model

Lesson 3 Demonstrations

Notebooks and Portfolios

Labeling test samples and signing your work

Identifying the features of wood

Forming three types of mug handles and attaching them

Making multiples using the factory model

Projects

4. Notebook

5. Label test samples

6. Wood feature techniques check list

7. 5 mug blanks using dowels and the factory model

Homework

· Wood grain 5 mugs

· Set up notebooks

· Show me the wood: email five artist websites who use wood-like features in their work to dgilbaugh@earthlink.net

· Register at Blogger.com

· Register for the class email list by sending an email to dgilaugh@earthlink.net

· Visit the following websites and follow the instructions below the link.

http://ceramicwood.blogspot.com/

Ceramic Faux Bois; Creating wood-like finishes in clay

Teacher: David D_ Gilbaugh

Lesson 3

Agenda

1. Announcements

1.1. Thanks for good clean up

1.2. Discuss homework

1. Project critiques

2. Demonstration

3. Free work time

4. Demonstrations

5. Making mugs with dowels

6. Attaching handles

7. Project

1.3. Five wood grained mugs with dowels

1.4. Make five handles using three different methods

1.5. Make five mug blanks using dowels and the factory method

1.6. Decorate five mugs as follows (No bulging)

1. Glazed with wood-like handle

2. Grain mapped

3. Grain Carved

4. Grain mapped and carved with attachments

5. Grained with needle tool

6. Assignment and Homework

7. Register for Blogger.com class blog

8. Finish five mugs