The Art Beat Classroom: Ceramics
Oregon Art Beat is excited to share our extensive archive of Oregon artist’s as content-rich support for educators. In this ceramics collection, learn from artists who work with a variety of techniques creating masterful craft using everything from a woodfired anagama kiln to a church key can opener. Artists draw inspiration from their own lives and in one case, express their own inner monster!
Sara Swink, sculpting the subconscious | K-12
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S1 Ep4 | 7m 38s | Sara Swink is a ceramic artist who blends psychology and art in her whimsical pieces. (7m 38s)
Wataru Sugiyama, clay, stone, bronze sculpture | grades 9-12
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S1 Ep3 | 9m 59s | For Japanese-born artist Wataru Sugiyama, the world is filled with intelligent spirits. (9m 59s)
Ken Standhardt, hand-tooled designs | K-12
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S1 Ep7 | 6m 25s | Kenneth Standhardt makes ceramic vessels that look like woven baskets. (6m 25s)
James DeRosso, hand-built clay monsters | K-12
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S1 Ep5 | 3m 51s | Ceramicist James DeRosso is not afraid of monsters. (3m 51s)
Hiroshi Ogawa, wood fired dragon kiln | K-12
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S1 Ep6 | 9m 27s | Ceramicist Hiroshi Ogawa paints with flames in his "dragon" kiln Hikarigama. (9m 27s)
Baba Wague Diakite, Malian folklore-inspired pottery| K-12
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S1 Ep8 | 7m 29s | African artist Baba Wague uses clay as his canvas and animals to illustrate his stories. (7m 29s)
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