Ceramic

Clay was the most common material used. As artists created their pottery, they took various steps to achieve their final product. The usage of the potter’s wheel allowed potters to shape their clay and form the bodies and necks of the ceramic. The Greek goddess Athena is known for inventing the potter’s wheel, making the wheel treasured by Greeks (“What’s in a Pot?”). Potters would most commonly assemble the body and the neck of the pot together and later attach other sections once the…

Most kids hate school because a lot of what we learn is boring and we think we will never use a lot of the things we are forced to know perfectly. I always like learning but never liked school because it was hard for me to learn. A lot of kids don't like school at all and would not agree with me that a Performing Arts School like the Center for Performing and Fine Art has diverse, studies, and is interesting, fun and is educational. I never thought learning could be that interesting and…

Art Gallery, it is located on the East Campus in Modesto. The title of the artwork presented that day was “Geometries in Cold Welded Steel.” This artwork was presented by the artist Tom Duchscher. Duchscher has been teaching design, sculpture, and ceramics at MJC for the past 40 years. His work has been exhibited throughout northern California and pacific northwest. For the past four decades Duchscher has dealt with the exploration of geometric forms and has focused on the element of line. This…

Economical West Africa and North Africa is where the trans-Saharan trade took place. Trans-Saharan trade was very important. The Kingdom of Mali became unified because of the Trans-Saharan trade. Once a city state, the Kingdom of Mali grew into a prosperous trading city as trade became huge (Voyages in World History, Volume 1, 3rd edition, by Valerie Hansen and Kenneth Curtis, page 312). Social and political The Mali Empire was West Africa’s Ancient Empire. Western African Cities were a…

Out of all the artists depicted in the documentary, I’ve found the work of Cai Guo-Qiang to be the most interesting and skillful. I love how he uses gun powder, a material in which he calls “uncontrollable” and “destructive”, to create unique pieces of work. The art is in both in the inferno presentation and the left-over design on the paper. The way the paper yellows and the flow of lines in his work resembles a lot like the ancient Chinese artwork on scrolls. Instead of just drawing out and…

Pete started to go to church at an early age with his neighbors on his on accord. Although he was initially exposed to church by his parents, he continued to attend church by his own free will. I also started to attend a religious place of worship, however because of our cultural differences, my place of worship is a temple rather than a church. I was initially exposed to temple by going to public service events by being forced to go with my parents. However, as time went on I grew up and…

Once he got older and had an allowance he would spend some of his money on comics. He didn’t get seriously into comics until he was 12 or 13 years old. His first serious exposure to super-heroes was in Adam West Batman show. While he was taking a ceramics class in summer school, his teacher, Mr. Hill, asked Bruce to do a bunch of illustrations and a cover…

Greek and Roman Artwork is The Foundation of Modern Artwork As a society today, Greek and Roman influences are spread out through several different cultures, even though; modern Greece and Rome are not the central power of the world. During the Antiquity period, the style of Greek artwork was fully developed, and was accurately representing realist and natural aspects of the world. Before the Antiquity period, Greek artwork did not reflect the Greek style that the world knows today. Two Greek…

The definition of crucible is a ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures. This definition can relate to the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller because the court can be thought of as the heat in which is melting the metal, but for the play it means that the court is causing tension in the town of Salem. Like the change of the metal, going from solid to liquid, many people either go through changes or try to make others…

META DESCRIPTION Styling long hair can turn out to be a nightmare especially if you don’t have the right tools. In this article we talk about finding the right heated rollers for such hair. ARTICLE One challenge you will encounter if you have long hair (or perhaps you have already encountered) is that it’s pretty difficult to create tight curls. Despite putting immense effort, you will almost always end up with loose and wavy curls instead. As it turns out, the kind of hot rollers you use matter…