CLAY MADE FROM THE KITCHEN
ELIZABETH CATLETT INSPIRED SCULPTURES
VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS: D.I.Y. Clay Recipes
VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS: Small batch dough recipe (This is half the size of my recipe below)
BIG IDEA: "CLAY" SCULPTURES - creating art while utilizing ingredients from the kitchen.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How do you honor your ancestors, family members, tribe? How do you merge your past into the present and future? REQUIREMENTS: 1. Watch live demos during scheduled class time. (Day 1&2) 2. Create a sculpture based on live demo and artwork inspired by Elizabeth Catlett. (Day 1) 3. Create a 2nd sculpture using a tinfoil armature. (Day 2) Works: Mother and Child 1993, Black Unity 1968, Homage to my Young Black Sisters 1968
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Mini sculptures in honor of Elizabeth Catlett, April 15th 1915- April 2nd 2012. An African American and Mexican female descendant of slaves, Catlett created works of art that honored her ancestors and merged her past into her present. Much of her work related to race, daily struggles of being black and feminism. "Catlett kind of came of age as an artist when African-Americans and women were not part of the mainstream. They were not part of the center. They were relegated to the margins and excluded." - curator, Isolde Brielmaier
Art and Bio of Elizabeth Catlett More African American Sculptors: Augusta Savage - Her career was fostered by the climate of the Harlem Renaissance and was also a professor of sculpture. She has stated her legacy will live on through the works of her students. John Wilson - Best known for his powerful portraits of Black men, with a distinct interest in both politically and socially conscious art arose in part from his exposure to the Social Realism that dominated American art during the Depression of the early 20th century. Hank Willis Thomas - A conceptual artist and arts educator whose work deals with themes related to identity, history and popular culture. The construction and use of race is a major element of Hank’s art. He has observed: “I could be a black artist, but I’m also many other things. All of us inhabit multiple identities at once. The craziest thing about blackness is that black people didn’t create it. Europeans with a commercial interest in dehumanizing us created it. Five hundred years ago in Africa there weren’t black people. There were just people.” The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarnation Small batch dough recipe Have food coloring or paint? Mix it into your batch. (This is half the size of my recipe below) |
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Some optional, others necessary |
Small Batch Recipe:
1 cup flour - 1/2 cup salt - 1/2 cup water 1. Mix flour and salt together. 2. Add water slowly - food coloring is optional. 3. When dough begins to clump you can start to use your hands to knead into a solid ball. 4. Add more water if too dry, add more dough if too moist. 5. Sculpt into desired form. 6. Bake at 170 degrees for 3 hours. Dust the bottom of your sheet so dough does not stick to pan. I also suggest checking from time to time, depending on size of your sculpture and make sure it's not sticking. In the last hour turn your sculpture over to bake the underside. If there is any "squishiness"....keep baking. |
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