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Article: Learning from della Robbia. (teaching ceramics)
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- School Arts
- Article date:
- October 1, 1993
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Most children love to work with clay, and I've taught my students how to make pinch or coil pots for years. We have also combined coil and slab methods to sculpt figures, animals, buildings, masks and relief tiles. While the results of all these efforts have been quite good, I constantly look for new ideas on how to teach ceramics. I was amazed by what happened when I started my clay lessons by showing the students a masterwork by a great sculptor. We have looked at and discussed work by such artists as Barlach, Michelangelo, Remington and Rodin.
I had been using great artwork in relation to painting and drawing all along. I always tell the children that the ...