Creative Crafts

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Creative Crafts

• Ms. Meirowitz

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• Creative Crafts is a course designed to satisfy
  the state requirement for art. Emphasis is
  placed on the elements and principles of design
  as seen through various cultures. Students will
  be exposed to a variety of materials and
  techniques.

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Basketry
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Basketry

• Students will be able to identify two functions
  of basketry and create a basket that incorporates
  the following elements and principles of design
  shape, form, texture, color and pattern

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Basketry

• Cultures
• Navajo
• Tlingit
• Haida
• Pomo
• Apache

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Batik
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Batik

• Students will be able to demonstrate the
  techniques of wax resist on fabric (batik) to
  create a work of art and demonstrate color theory
  as it applies to the batik process

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Batik

• Culture
• The word batik is Indonesian in origin and
  translates to wax writing. The batiks from
  Java, Bali are the most well know. They
  developed specific motifs and patterns and used
  color to identify a family or area.

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Maskmaking
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Maskmaking

• Students will identify at least three functions
  of maskmaking and create a cover for the face
  using a variety of techniques and materials.

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Maskmaking

• Cultures
• Inuit
• Zuni
• Bamileke Tribe
• Japan

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Maskmaking

• Cultures
• Northwest Coast Indians
• Iroquois
• Dogon Tribe
• Egypt
• Greece

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Pottery
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Pottery

• Students will be able to create three handbuilt
  pieces of pottery using the coil, slab and/or
  pinch method.
• Students will be able to identify the stages of
  clay greenware, bisqueware and glaze ware.

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Pottery

• Students will be able to glaze their finished
  pieces using one or more of the following
  techniques dipping, inlay, piercing, painting,
  sgraffito, stamping, and/or combing.

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Pottery

• Cultures
• China
• France
• England
• Native American

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Pottery

• Cultures
• Japan
• Germany Italy
• Early American

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Weaving
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Weaving

• Students will be able to create a weaving on a
  simple loom.
• Students will be able to identify and create
  seven different stitches plain weave, basket
  weave, stripes, loops, double weave, warp
  wrapping, and rya knots.

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Weaving

• Cultures
• Native American
• Navajo
• Nez Perce
• Hopi
• Chilkat

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Weaving

• Cultures
• Native American
• Peruvian
• Inca
• Chimu

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Mosaics
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Mosaics

• Students will be able to create a utilitarian
  piece of art using the technique of mosaic art.

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Mosaics

• Cultures
• Ancient Rome
• Byzantine

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Mosaics

• Cultures
• Greece
• Norman

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Papermaking
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Papermaking

• Students will be able to create sheets of
  handmade paper and use to assemble a journal

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Papermaking

• Cultures
• Egypt
• China
• Japan
• Contemporary American

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Jewelry
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Jewelry

• Students will be able to create three pieces of
  wearable art

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Jewelry

• CulturesIndia
• Peru
• Mexico
• Thai
• Bali