Kapadokya 2 Birdhouse

Dorothy Bell Birdhouse

Your Cappadocia inspired birdhouses have been designed, drawn, modeled and re-drawn. You now have a working set of blueprints from which to build your actual house, as well as a set of prints for your bird.

We will be starting the clay work after we have COMPLETED the Periodic Table, hopefully mid next week.

Meanwhile you can look at these two websites and be inspired for when you start building:

Birdhouses 101
Modern Birdhouses

Ephesus 2 - Tiles

It has been a few weeks since we got back from Ephesus, during that time you have been assigned a number of sketches to do related to the architecture of the Celsus Library. Your next assignment in Grade 8 is to create a façade of the library in clay tiles. Each of you will be assigned a section of the library to draw and then re-create in clay as a tile. When all the tiles are completed we will assemble them into one large piece. The above photo leads to a link on Flickr where you will find a photo set called Ephesus Tiles. In that set are all the pieces (tiles) individually numbered. You will need to use the picture corresponding with your assigned tile to complete your section of the finished library.

Grade 8 Studio Work

1. Choose your tile for the library
2. Using the photocopy (I have these in a folder) sketch the essential elements for your tile
3. Check the photograph on the Flickr set - Ephesus Tiles for detail and nuance
4. Finalize sketch to size

When everybody has completed their tile drawings we will talk about how to transfer the idea to clay.