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For these abstracted
works, students studied the Cubist work of Pablo Picasso and Georges
Braque from the early 20th century. We also looked at masks
from around the world and noticed the influence of African masks on Cubist
design. We took digital images of ourselves in a three quarter view and
worked on self-portraits, learning proportions of the face and practicing
with our own likeness. We then abstracted these drawings, incorporating
the characteristics of Cubism into them. The final drawing was used as
our clay mask design, which we built up in slab and coils of terra cotta
clay. We decorated and colored the masks with underglazes, which were
“baked” on in the firing process.
Pictured below are
the 8th grade art students with their masks, ready to go into
the kiln. |
