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Flirting with Function
Chapter 11
Flirting with Function
• Artists often work along the boundary between art and useful objects
• Some artworks challenge our ideas of usefulness
• Some artworks resemble useful objects but might not actually be usable
Clay
• Clay comes from soil mixed with water• Ceramics are objects made from clay
– A ceramist works with clay– A potter specializes in making dishes
• A kiln is a large oven used to bake the clay– This is called firing
• Types of clays– Earthenware-fired at a low temperature and is pourous. Varies in
color from red to brown to tan– Stoneware-fired at a higher temperature and is not pourous. It is
usually gray or brown– Porcelain-rare and expensive. Fired at a high temperature and
not pourous.
Clay
• Throwing-shaping clay on a rapidly revolving wheel
• Slip-mixture of clay and water colored with earthen powders
• Glaze-liquid paint that turns to a glasslike substance when fired
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Adrian Saxe. Les Rois du Monde Futur (Rulers of the Future World). 2004. 26-1/4" × 13-1/4" × 10".
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Peter Voulkos. Untitled Plate CR952. 1989.20-1/2" × 4-1/2".
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Toshiko Takaezu. Makaha Blue II. 2002.48" × 18-1/2".
Glass
• Hot or molten glass is a material that is shaped by blowing, casting, or pressing into molds
• After glass is shaped, it can be cut, etched, fused, laminated, layered, leaded, painted, polished, sandblasted, or slumped
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Dale Chihuly. Mauve Seaform Set with Black Lip Wraps from the "Seaforms" Series. 1985.
Metal
• Metal’s main attributes are strength and formability
• Metals can be hammered, cut, drawn out, welded, joined with rivets, or cast
• Metal was used early on for tools, vessels, armor, and weapons
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d’Arenberg Basin. 1247–1249.22.5 × 50.0 cm.
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Cal Lane. Untitled (Map 3). 2007.78-1/2" × 71-3/4".
Wood
• Wood has a feeling of individuality due to the unique grain of each tree
• Has a warm, tictile quality
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Henry Gilpin. Curiously Red. 2006.36" × 74" × 16".
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Maya Lin. Terra Table. 2009.
Fiber
• Fiber arts includes: weaving, stitching, basket-making, wearable art, and papermaking.
• Weaving is based on interlacing fibers– Warp-long fibers– Weft-crosses the warp fibers– Loom-hold fibers apart for weaving
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The Ardabil Carpet. Tabriz. 1540.34' × 17'6".
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Nick Cave. Soundsuit. 2009.Height 7'.
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Jessie Pettway. Bars and String-Piece Columns. 1950s.95" × 76".
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Polly Apfelbaum. Blossom. 2000.Diameter 18'.
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