Pop Art in Clay

							Pop Art in Clay
                  Pop Art is…
   Pop art is a visual art movement that emerged
    in the mid 1950s in Britain and in parallel in the
    late 1950s in the United States. The
    Independent Group, founded in London in 1952,
    is regarded as the precursor to the Pop Art
    movement.

   A movement that can be characterized as pop
    because of its use of comics and publicity
    images and its simplification of images and
    photographic compositions.
    Some of the great Influential Pop
             Artists were…
   Gerald Murphy (March 25, 1888 – October 17, 1964) ,
    Charles Demuth (November 8, 1883 - October 23, 1935) and
    Stuart Davis (December 7, 1894–June 24, 1964) . They
    created paintings prefiguring the pop art
    movement that contained pop culture
    imagery such as mundane objects culled
    from American commercial products and
    advertising design.
Some of their work.
Andy Warhol (American Pop Artist,
         1928-1987 )
   He designed things like advertisements
    and window displays for stores. He soon
    became an artist, and was famous for his
    Pop Art, which was repeating everyday
    objects and images. One of his most
    famous paintings is his colorful portrait of
    American movie star, Marilyn Monroe.
Some of Warhol’s Work
More examples of Warhol’s work
  Roy Lichtenstein                                (27 October 1923 – 29 September 1997) was a
prominent American pop artist, his work heavily influenced by both popular advertising and the comic


                                            book style.
      Your project will be to…
 Recreate a favorite meal in clay using the
  pop art style.
 Think about how you can make it look
  real, but add that cartoon-like quality
  some pop art may have.
 Use acrylic paint to give the meal a more
  appealing look.
Examples for your projects
                   Clay Terms
   Wedge: To knead the clay and work out air
    bubbles.
   Score: To scratch into the surface of the clay to
    attach pieces.
   Slip: Watery clay used to attach other clay
    pieces.
   Leather hard: Dry and still able to use slip and
    attach pieces, but not dry enough to fire.
   Bone Dry: Ready to fire in the kiln.
   Bisque: Fired but not glazed.
  If you do not wedge your clay
         properly, it will….

EXPLODE!!!!!!
Also, you have to hollow
 out large areas to
 prevent explosion! ½
 inch sides!
                 Materials
 Clay and slip (liquid clay used for
  connecting clay pieces.
 Clay tools
 Acrylic paint
      Think about the style!
 Sketch some ideas
 Think about ways to make your project
  interesting, do not be lame!
 You can make more than one type of food
  to make the project cool!
 Be creative in your choices!