Art pottery is one of North Carolina's most important and enduring cultural traditions. We spend some time looking at and discussing the origins of this tradition, focusing in on historical and contemporary face jugs (or "ugly jugs" as they are sometimes called), which came to our state by way of the traditions and art of Africans enslaved in the Carolinas. In this unit, we adapt the idea of these ugly jugs to a simple ceramic face. Students learn about the "scratch and attach" method of connecting decorations or other features to ceramics, and they create their faces -- some animal, some human, some...I don't know what!
After a first firing, the students glazed their creations with underglazes, and, after I dipped each one in a clear glaze, the faces were fired for a final time.
After a first firing, the students glazed their creations with underglazes, and, after I dipped each one in a clear glaze, the faces were fired for a final time.
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