Kumihimo Notes

Create a new blog post and name it Kumihimo notes.

I'll give some information that you will need to write down.

Create your mask!

Roll out a slab of clay and create your mask. 
It must have:

• something subtracted or removes
• something added using the score and slip method
• a texture on the surface

When you have completed the mask take a picture and post it to your blog

Create your mask mold

Create your mask mold and post a picture of the mold to a new blog post.

Design Your Mask

Before we start to actually create our mask, we need to draw sketches of our mask ideas. 

First, here are a few videos of the mask making process

How to make a ceramic mask

How to make an African style ceramic mask pt 1

How to make an African style ceramic mask pt 2

• Copy and Paste the photos of the masks you liked that you want to use in your own design

• Next, draw 5 small sketches of different ideas based on the masks you chose
• The masks must have at least 1 add-on
• The mask must have at least 1 subtraction (cut out)
• The mask must have at least 1 added texture

• Then pick your favorite from above and draw a full size skecth with all of the details you will add to your mask.

Explore Masks of the World

For this unit we are going to create a mask based on a tribal culture.
Clink on the link below to open the graphic organizer. Use the links below for your answers:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson395/organizer5.pdf

After you complete the questions you will create 5 thumbnail sketches of mask ideas. Discuss your ideas with me then draw a full size sketch of the mask design.

AfricanMasks
African Mask History, Rebirth African Art:http://www.rebirth.co.za/African_mask_history_and_meaning.htm


Faces of the Dead: Egyptian Mummy Masks: 
http://www.akhet.co.uk/faces.htm

Masks of Africa, Museum of Ancient and Modern Art: http://www.mama.org/collection/afc/afc001.html

Asian Masks
Ceremonial Masks from Java and Bali Indonesia:
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/indonesi/masksjbc.htm

Ceremonial Masks of Mongolia:
http://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/mongolia/tsam.html
http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=1617

Masks of India:
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/masks/

Masks: Reflection of Culture and Religion (India): http://www.dollsofindia.com/mask.htm
New Guinea Masks:
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/maskspko.htm
http://www.jungleoutpost.com/cart/masks-papua-guinea-c-23.html

Japanese Noh and Oni Masks:
http://www.nohmask21.com/
http://www.thefind.com/movies/browse-japanese-noh-mask
Noh Mask History, Media Information Science Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan: 
http://www.nohmask21.com/

Central and South America
Dominican Republic:
http://dominicanmasks.com/
Guatemalan Masks:
http://www.coloresdelpueblo.org/Masks.htm
Maya Masks;
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mayan-masks.htm

European Masks
Masks in the Ancient Greek Theatre:
http://www.greektheatre.gr/masks.html 

Venetian Masks: http://www.bergencounty.com/costumes/maskitalia/history.html

North American Masks
Alaska: The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks: http://www.tribalarts.com/feature/riordan/
Mexican Masks:
http://www.mexicanmasks.us/
Aztec Masks:
http://aztec-empire.com/masks.htm
West Coast Indian Art Tribal Masks: http://www.freespiritgallery.ca/nwartmasks.htm


More Masks Examples
Masks from Around the World

Clay Vocabulary

In a new blog post write down the entire clay vocabulary - Due today

Upload Final Drawings and Write Self - Assessment

Today we will finish and upload your Final Drawings
Tubes
Still Life with Cones, Box, Tubes, and Spheres


Grade yourself on the following scale
5=I exceeded my goals and Mr. C's expectations for the drawings
4=I achieved all of my goals and Mr. C's expectations for the drawings
3=I achieved most but not all of my goals and Mr. C's expectations for the drawings
2=I achieved few of my goals and Mr. C's expectations for the drawings
1=I achieved none of my goals and Mr. C's expectations for the drawings

Answer the following questions

• I created smooth values in my drawings
• I created at least 4 different Values in my drawing
• I created edges using different values
• I  drew the objects in Proportion using units of measure with the Pencil and Thumb method 
• I  drew different angles using the pencil and clock method
  
  Use of my time
• I used entire time allowed during class and additional time outside of class on class assignments
• Used 90% to entire time during class on class assignments
• Used 75%-89% of time on class assignments.
• Used 60 to 74% of class time on class assignment
• Less than 60%of class time was spent on assignments.
  
  Concern /Care of the Quality of my work
• Demonstrated an exceptional concern over the quality of the work
• Demonstrated expected concern over the quality of the work.
• Demonstrated some concern over the quality of the work.
• Demonstrated very little concern over the quality of work.
• Lacked all care of quality concerns.

Do you feel you improved your drawing skills from the first week?

What did you improve on the most?

What do you still need to work on?

What did you like the most?

What did you like the least?