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Project #1: Protective Body Prosthetic via CLAY



CLAY : Armor / Breast Plate / Protective Body Prosthetic 

MATERIALS
Clay and found materials                                                          

IDEA GENERATION
In your sketch books, create minimum 8 designs inspired by your research finds that may be the surface of your body shield or plate. 
Allow each to evolve into an understood translation in three dimensions via clay. 
Designs may either be symmetrical or  asymmetrical. 
Place all found images with details in your sketchbooks with information of each object (+ bibliographic source)     
Learning Objectives
Idea generation from found forms: natural / human made
Designing symmetrical/asymmetrical hand formed ceramic forms
Greenware vs. Bisque ware and firing
Surface patterning and texture
Pinch, slab and coil construction 
Additive and subtractive relief
Addition of found objects
Changing the appearance of a soft volumetric form
Inspiration
1. 
  1.  Rolly Polly Beetle > Armadillidiidae is a family of woodlice, a terrestrial crustacean group 
 2. millipede

3. Native American breast plate 

4. Japanese Army vest 
5. Roman chased metal armor 

6. Digital CG character

7.  Hockey protective equipment

8. Brian Jungen (Native American contemporary sculptor)                                                                                                                                Haida mask made from Air Jordan sneakers




Process
  1. Create a two part (minimum) hollow form
  2. Shape it with your fingers, wooden paddles into an organic form
  3. Add structure and texture via coiled and slab construction
  4. Remove clay via texturizing, patterning, carving
  5. Create your Protective Body Prosthetic with additive and subtractive applicatons
  6. Bisque / glaze / surface color 
  7. Incorporate found straps / belts / etc. onto plate and wrap around a soft form allowing for cinching, squeezing, and changing found form’s volumetric appearance
RE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjhnLu36j4A > creating a pinch pot in clay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mEGjk17q0o > combining two pinch pots together to make a hollow form

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