Lesson video

Hello everybody.

How are you doing today? I hope you're feeling really, really great.

My name is Miss Afzal and I am your art teacher for today.

I'm so very pleased about that because I love teaching art.

I'm so excited about our lesson today as we're going to be to work with clay.

Our lesson today is called Create a Low Relief Ceramic Tile, Transfer and Carve.

I wonder if that's already giving you some ideas about what we might be doing today.

Transferring our design, perhaps.

Beginning to carve into our clay.

Yep, there's going to be a lot of good things in our lesson.

Our lesson comes from the unit, Views of a Local Landmark Ceramics.

Now, I'm feeling all set and ready to go, what about you? Have you got some focus? Have you got enthusiasm? Have you got your materials ready? If so, let's begin our lesson.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can sculpt a low relief tile.

Let's find out more about what will be involved in our lesson today.

Well, we have some keywords.

Let's go through them.

My turn.

Your turn.

Leather hard.

Transfer.

Carve.

Texture.

That's great.

I liked hearing those words loud and clear.

Let's find out what each of these keywords means.

Leather hard is a stage in the pottery process where the clay is firm but still not completely dry.

Transfer is to move something from one place to another.

Carve is to cut or shape something.

And texture is the way something feels or looks like it might feel.

So these are our four keywords.

Let's go through them one more time.

Leather hard.

Transfer.

Carve.

Texture.

Fantastic.

Let's make sure we are looking out for these keywords.

Let's listen out for them and think carefully about them.

They will be really helpful in our lesson today.

Our lesson is called Create a Low Relief Ceramic Tile: Transfer and Carve.

Our lesson has two parts to it.

First of all, transfer and carve your design.

And next, creating texture with tools.

I think they both sound very interesting.

Let's begin with transfer and carve your design.

Take a look at this amazing tile on your screen.

Take a really, really good look at it.

Pause the video while you do this.

And now I would like you to answer this question.

How do you think this was made? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Thanks for sharing.

I wonder what answers you came up with.

Perhaps you discussed that it was a low relief ceramic tile.

And low relief means when a design or picture is slightly raised from a flat surface but not very much.

I wonder if you can think of anything else that has a low relief design.

Something that might be used in everyday life.

Pause the video and share any ideas you have with someone nearby.

I wonder if you came up with this idea of coins.

Low relief can be seen on coins where the decoration is raised slightly from the surface.

And what you might like to do next time you come across some coins is just perhaps hold the coin in your hand, close your eyes and see if you can just feel the surface, feel the design, low relief design on the coins.

Low relief tiles can be made by carving away clay from the surface, leaving some clay raised above the surface.

And remember carving is one of our keywords.

Let's go through it.

My turn, your turn.

Carving.

Great to hear that keyword.

Can you remember what carving means? Pause the video and tell someone nearby if you can remember what carving means.

Thanks for sharing your ideas.

To carve means to cut or shape something and we are going to be doing some carving today which I'm very excited about.

I hope you are too.

Let's have a check for understanding.

Select the picture that represents low relief sculpture.

Is it sculpture A, sculpture B or sculpture C? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Well done if you selected sculpture B.

This sculpture has a design which is slightly raised from a flat surface.

You might remember cutting your tile using your design to help you.

Do you remember you were cutting really close to the edge of the design so that you'd get just the right size and shape.

And your tile should now be leather hard.

Another one of our keywords.

Let's go through it.

Ready? Leather hard.

Great to hear that.

And this is a stage in the pottery process where the clay is firm but still not completely dry.

That's what leather hard means.

Artists will sometimes want their clay to be leather hard for several reasons.

The clay can be carved into.

The clay is strong enough to add to as it will hold its shape.

Check for understanding.

True or false? Clay cannot be worked with unless it is very wet.

Pause the video and decide whether this is true or false.

Well done if you selected false.

And now I'd like you to say a little bit more about your answer.

Pause the video and give an explanation for your answer.

Perhaps you said something like this.

Clay can be worked with when it is leather hard.

This means it has dried out slightly so it can be stronger to work with.

Here's Izzy and she is planning to transfer her design into her leather hard clay.

Another one of our keywords.

Did you spot it? It's transfer.

Let's hear that from you as well.

Ready? Transfer.

Great to hear that.

And transfer means to move something.

So she is moving her design from her tracing paper onto her clay tile.

Hmm, how is she going to do that? I wonder.

Do you have any ideas? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

How do you think she is going to move to transfer her design from her tracing paper onto her clay tile? Let's see if this is what you came up with.

To transfer your design onto the tile, place your trace design onto your clay tile.

And next use a ballpoint pen to follow the lines of your design.

I wonder if you thought of an idea like that? Here's Izzy's ballpoint pen.

There's her design.

And she says, "I am being careful not to rip the paper as I need the paper to complete my design." So that's a really important thing to remember when you are going over your design with a ballpoint pen is to do it so carefully and gently.

You don't want to rip the paper.

Press hard enough to create an impression in the clay.

Izzy says, "I can draw little lines and go over them a few times to transfer my design." So that's a great idea rather than pressing too hard, if you just drew some little lines and go over them a few times, that will help you transfer your design.

And this will stop your paper design from ripping.

This artist is also transferring their designs into their clay.

Let's have a look.

What do you notice? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Did you notice that they are using little lines to transfer their design so the paper does not rip? It's just like Izzy said.

Just small little lines.

Go over them a few times and that way your paper won't rip.

Check for understanding.

Why should an artist use little lines and dots to transfer their design? Is it A, this stops the paper design from ripping? B, this means they will be quicker? Or C, this means the clay will be soft? Pause the video.

Choose which of these is the right answer and tell someone nearby.

Well done if you selected A.

It will stop the paper design from ripping.

And if the paper rips, it becomes hard to transfer the design.

That's why we should stick with little lines.

When Izzy's design has been transferred onto the clay, she can begin to carve away the areas of clay that she does not want.

This artist is also carving into their clay.

What do you notice? Pause the video.

Tell someone nearby.

They are only carving away a small layer of clay.

They are not going in too deep.

Izzy thinks carefully about which part of her design she wants to carve away.

"I think the window is the most important part of the design, so I will not carve it all away." Good thinking, Izzy.

Izzy continues to plan where she will carve her design.

"If I carve around the shapes, they will stand out in low relief.

I can draw lines on my design to plan where I will carve." That's another really great idea, Izzy.

So you can see where Izzy has drawn those white lines onto her design.

Those are the areas that she will carve out so the shapes that she has drawn will stand out in low relief.

It's important that you do not carve away too much clay.

"If I carve too much, I will go through my tile." Oh no, we don't want that to happen.

Check for understanding.

Which image shows clay that has been carved away? Is it tile A, B or C? Pause the video and decide.

Well done if you selected tile C.

Some of the clay has been removed from this tile.

And now it's time for your first task.

I'd like you to transfer your design onto your tile using your traced image and a ballpoint pen.

And remember to use just little lines.

You don't want to rip the paper.

And next carve away the areas of your tile that you do not want to make a low relief tile.

Pause the video while you have a go at this task.

I'll see you when you're finished.

It's good to be back with you.

How did you get on? Your tile with a transfer design might include lines that have been transferred with a ballpoint pen.

An image which looks like a copy of your design.

Your carved tile might also include areas where clay has been carved away.

Areas where no clay has been carved away.

And that's what's going to give us the low relief through having some areas of clay carved away.

And now it's time for the next part of our lesson.

Creating texture with tools.

Izzy now wants to add texture to her tile.

And there's one of our keywords, texture.

Let's say that one.

Texture.

Fantastic.

And this means thinking about the different surfaces within the tile and how they might feel.

Remember texture is about how something might feel or how it looks that it might feel.

Izzy can use different tools to create different textures.

That's a great tool there.

This tool has a rounded end which might be good for a spherical texture.

You can see those little spheres that have been created in the tile using this tool.

Here's another interesting looking tool.

What kind of textures do you think this tool might be good for creating? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

This tool has sharp edges which might be good for making scratchy or rough textures.

What texture do you think this tool might be useful for? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

This tool can be useful for creating small dots or patterns.

I love those small dots and patterns that we can see in that image.

Check for understanding, which tool has made this texture, these spheres, is it A, B or C? Pause the video and share.

Well done if you selected tool A.

This texture has been made with this end of the tool.

Izzy starts by looking back at her plan.

"I want to use the curved end of the tool around my lichen," she says.

Do you remember? She thought it felt a bit empty first of all so she added all this texture around the lichen.

Izzy uses this tool to help her create this texture.

Izzy then looks at the bricks which surround the window.

"I can make the brick texture with my pointed tool," says Izzy.

Izzy uses her tools to create this texture.

That looks really good, Izzy.

I love the way you've used your tool so carefully to create this texture.

Next, Izzy thinks about the textures and lines she sees on the lichen.

"The texture is a little bumpy and rough but I want it to be different to the bricks." I like that.

I like how Izzy is thinking about how she can make different textures.

And we can see the different tools that Izzy has used to make these different textures.

Think carefully about the textures you will add to your tile.

Pause the video and tell someone nearby what kind of textures do you think you would like to add to your tile.

Thanks for sharing.

Check for understanding true or false.

This tool can be used to create curved shapes and lines.

Pause the video and decide if this is true or false.

Well done if you selected true and now I'd like you to say a little bit more about your answer.

Pause the video while you do this.

You may have said the tool could be pressed into the clay to create curved shapes and lines.

And now it's time for your next task.

I would like you to use your clay tools to add texture to your low relief tile.

You might think about looking back at your design to remind you of the different textures.

Using a wide range of tools to create different textures.

So pause the video here while you have a go at this task.

Enjoy adding texture to your low relief tile.

I'll see you when you're finished.

Your tile might include rough textures made by scratching into the clay, repeated shapes or lines made with a clay tool, smooth textures.

And it's the mixture of these rough textures and smooth textures and different kinds of shapes and lines that will really make your low relief tile stand out.

In our lesson, create a low relief ceramic tile, transfer and carve.

We have covered the following.

Low relief tiles can be made by carving into leather hard clay.

Designs can be transferred onto leather hard clay, making an accurate copy.

Texture can be created in clay using a variety of clay tools.

Well done, everyone, for joining in with this lesson.

There's so much that you were busy doing.

First of all, there was that transferring of your design into the leather hard clay.

I love how you made sure to use little lines with your ballpoint pen as you transferred that design.

And then there was all that texture that you added.

The dots, the scratches, the carving away, and then also leaving some smooth surfaces.

Your tiles are looking terrific.

I hope you're feeling so proud of yourselves.

And I'm really looking forward to seeing you at another lesson soon.

Stay creative until then.