It seems like ages have gone by since I was back in the high school art room finishing up my last few weeks of student teaching. This project representational teapots I created for an entry level freshman class. Teaching ceramics/building is not only a) completely cool because every child develops a love of clay very early but b) quite challenging and rewarding when it reaches the high school level. My cooperating teacher did a great job showing students the simple pinch, coil, slab constructions, but I wanted to challenge students a little further.
The functionality and image of a teapot is very mundane and often overlooked. However, there are TONS of creative twists you can travel down when confronted with the task of creating a teapot that looks like something else. Students really got into the building of their forms, because it took some time, thought, and maybe a little frustration into figuring out which technique would work best for their ideas.
Looking ahead, I hope to someday get back to a middle or high school art classroom again. Introducing this project at the middle school would be just plain awesome, and I would like to tweak it even more for high schoolers the second time around.
powerpoint of some great examples of artists.
more student work
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