In this lesson students will be mixing age old ceramic techniques with modern technologies. Students will make a laser cut paper stencil to be used later in the project. Students will create a unique file on tinker CAD and laser cut it. Each file the students make will be used as a stencil later on in the project. Technologies are becoming more and more essential to daily life, and students must learn to stay caught up. Future jobs both in and out of the arts are likely to require advanced technology knowledge, so it is imperative that we as teachers prepare our students with the appropriate knowledge and skills to success in future markets. Laser cutting has become a source of interest for many employers so even if my students never touch clay again after my class, with this lesson I will know that I have impacted them and helped prepare them for their future. As we work on this lesson we will look at contemporary artists who use similar stencils in the practice such as Cris Pickett, Meredith Host, and Renee LoPresti.
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I think this lesson would go over well with students. I always looked forward to days when we did really different things in school and I think this is that kind of lesson. In my high school the ceramics class did not use technology at all; not even 1 day to photo document. When I came to UNT and was introduced to Brooks Oliver’s work that is heavily influenced by technology it opened a door to all kinds of new possibilities.
This lesson looks at a technique I was introduced to by Chris Pickett, a hand builder. This artist uses his laser cut stencils with a pony roller onto slab, I took this and applied it to my work in the round. There is a level of delicacy that must be used while working either way. As a lesson I would allow students to use their stencils either way.
Being able to take students in a non-digital art class into the computer lab and create a somewhat complex file and eventually have a real-life object to hold based on what they made on the computer is so gratifying. This can be a the moment when a student really states to appreciate art.
This lesson looks at a technique I was introduced to by Chris Pickett, a hand builder. This artist uses his laser cut stencils with a pony roller onto slab, I took this and applied it to my work in the round. There is a level of delicacy that must be used while working either way. As a lesson I would allow students to use their stencils either way.
Being able to take students in a non-digital art class into the computer lab and create a somewhat complex file and eventually have a real-life object to hold based on what they made on the computer is so gratifying. This can be a the moment when a student really states to appreciate art.