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Pressure Is Needed Firm And Guiding Hand Pot
1,206 wordsIs it possible to craft a personality using only hands, water, and a few small tools? Wheel throwing is much like raising a child; small mistakes can grow into larger ones, it is easy to become frustrated, and yet each pot is uniquely special. Unlike child rearing, however, throwing a pot is done with a specific set of instructions that guarantee an enjoyable outcome when followed exactly. The first step to making or throwing a pot is wedging. Wedging the lump of clay properly will ensure ease w...
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Raku Ware And Staffordshire Pottery
1,051 wordsRaku Ware was originally from Japan in the town of Kyoto and was named after the Raku family during the 16 th Century. At this time, the Emperor Hide yoshi had conquered Korea and the native potters immigrated to Japan bringing with them pottery techniques and knowledge. The pots were produced for the Zan Buddhist tea ceremony and the decorating and firing of the pots were part of the tea ceremony. Bernard Leach introduced Raku into the west after living in Japan and China setting up pottery in ...
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Sports History Of Boxing Great Muhammad Ali
1,908 wordsFloat like a butterfly, sting like a bee! These were the famous words said by Muhammad Ali after his first title fight against Sonny Liston (Rummel 57). Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest boxers known today. Although Ali was a great boxer, he had to overcome many obstacles to get to where he wanted to be, like segregation, racism, the selective service, and being a Muslim. Cassius clay was born on January 17, 1942 in a working class family in Louisville, Kentucky. His father, Cassius Clay Sr w...
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Aid Academy Award
1,412 words... an Academy Award for its animated short film, Tin Toy. The film was created completely with 3 D computer graphics using Pixar's Renderman, a technique that uses 'shaders' or small pieces of programming code to describe surfaces, lighting effects and atmospheric effects. Surface shaders are small programs that algorithmically generate textures of objects based on mathematical formulas. These computer generated textures produce better looking objects, thus creating newer and better special eff...
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Red Figure Ancient Greek
2,325 wordsIn the absence of significant examples of the major art of Greek painting, pottery has assumed an importance even beyond its own great intrinsic value. During certain periods and in certain localities the vase-painter was not content to decorate his pots with simple lines and plant motifs. He took his themes from mythology and the life around him, as did the panel and mural painters. Moreover, occasionally these vase-paintings are of the highest quality, and this is especially the case in the At...
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Museum Of Modern Art Abstract Expressionism
1,759 wordsThinking outside the Box Clay, in its wet, malleable state, is fast moving, responding instantly to the touch. It demands spontaneity, speed and the instinct for improvisation. Cheap and abundant, it leaves the artist free to take risks, to waste his material, even to destroy his work with the exhilaration of a kid popping balloons. Over the years, Peter Voulkos has taken this humble material long associated with utility and craft and created a new kind of art. Harnessing destruction as a creati...
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Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay
3,053 wordsMuhammad Ali is one of the most recognized faces on planet Earth; known not just for being one of the best fighters in the history of boxing, but for being one of the most knowledgeable persons of the twentieth century. Ali wasnt always known by that name though, he was born Cassius Marcellus Clay on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, him and his younger brother Rudolph had many small conflicts like any brothers would have, but they were, and still are blessed with having a very close rel...
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Avant Gar Dists Expressionist Painters Franz Kline Voulkos
3,066 wordsThe exhibition of recent stoneware vessels by Peter Voulkos at Frank Lloyd Gallery featured the sort of work on which the artist established reputation in the 1950 s. The work was greeted with stunned amazement. However now it is too, but its amazement of a different order the kind that comes from being in the presence of effortless artistic mastery. These astonishing vessels are truly amazing. Every ceramic artist knows that what goes into a kiln looks very different from what comes out, and al...
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Three Pieces I Made Pieces I Made Pottery
933 wordsIn this semester, we spent a great deal of time on pottery and the making of clay sculptures. I learned a great deal from only the three pieces I made. All of my pieces were created by hand using only a pin-tool and a sponge. The three pieces I made were an ashtray and two feet that I will be using for bookends. I will now go into the process I used in creating each piece. First, I created my ashtray. I decided to make this ashtray because it was a simple way to ease into pottery. I first took a...
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