Art Appreciation: Intro to Craft

CRAFTT, R, 9:30AM-10:50AM

Art AppreciationProfessor Paige Prater

Art vs. CraftAfter 1400, Renaissance: drawing, painting,

sculpture = ARTUtilitarian objects = CRAFT (Western

culture)

Ceramics/PotteryStoneware, earthenware, porcelainWheel-throwing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9-hAJ8IrmU Wet clay dries Fired in a kiln 2,000-3,000F Glaze (slip) applied Fired in kiln; glaze fuses with clay

Coil methodSlab method

Peter Voulkos, Gallas Rock, 1960. Stoneware, slip, & glaze, 84 x 37 x 26 ¾ “ UCLA.

Ceramics: Function & Formhttp://calebzouhary.com/gallery/#/mugs/

Glass 3500BCE-PresentIntense heat melts

silica (sand) + leadSlow cooling is

critical!Stained GlassGlassblowing (since 1st

century CE) http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1xb48Y6EdA

2100F in the furnace

Rose window, Chartres Cathedral, 13th century (43’ diameter!)

Glass: Dale Chihuly100 artists and craftsmen work with him! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJhw9_B_X4

MetalworkBronze Age (5,000+ years ago)Iron Age (3,000+ years ago)

She-Wolf, 500BCE (Etruscan); 15-16th century, twins added ;33 ½”

Metalwork: JewelryRoyal earrings,

India, 1st century BCE

FiberFiber and threads:

animal, vegetable, synthetic

Rosemary DesPlas, Keep Your Fingers Crossed, 2006. Hand-sewn human hair.

Fiber: Thread like pencil:

Dutch artist Tilleke Schwartz, Count Your Blessings, 2003

“mixture of contemporary influences, graffiti, icons, texts, and traditional images from samplers.”

Fiber: Cayce ZavagliaYarn Portraits: http://www.caycezavaglia.com/

Welkers, Hand Embroidery: One-Ply Cotton and Silk Thread on Raw Belgian Linen, 10.5 x 26 inches

WoodDeteriorat

es over time…

Cutting, carving, sanding, polishing

Intarsia: wood mosaic

Detail of studiolo from Ducal Palace in Gubbio, Italy. Giuliano da Maiano, after a design by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, c. 1480. Walnut, beech, rosewood, oak, and fruit woods.

WoodNative

American (Heiltsuk) Captain Richard Carpenter (Du’ klwayella), Bent-corner chest, c. 1860. Yellow cedar, red cedar, and paint, 21 ¼ x 35 ¾ x 20 ½”

Plank smoothed, bent, joined, carved, and painted. KERFS