Functional Art 6th

Functional art is art that serves a specific purpose Examples:

What do you Notice about this kind of art?

It is more Decorative and most careers in art revolve around Functional art

Careers in Art

This Kind of Art Has been around for a really long time Why: Clay can me gotten in the ground. So it is cheap and it filled a need. People needed pots, dishes, and containers for food and other items

As early as 24,000 BC, animal and human figurines were made from clay and other materials First Art Ever Made Year Development 24,000 B.C. Ceramic figurines used for ceremonial purposes 14,000 B.C. First tiles made in Mesopotamia and India 9000-10,000 B.C. Pottery making begins 5000-8000 B.C. Glazes discovered in Egypt 1500 B.C. Glass objects first made 1550 A.D. Synthetic refractories (temperature resistant) for furnaces used to make steel, glass, ceramics, cement Mid 1800’s Porcelain electrical insulation Incandescent light bulb 1920’s High-strength quartz-enriched porcelain for insulators Alumina spark plugs Glass windows for automobiles 1940’s Capacitors and magnetic ferrites 1960’s Alumina insulators for voltages over 220 kV Application of carbides and nitrides 1970’s Introduction of high-performance cellular ceramic substrates for catalytic converters and particulate filters for diesel engines 1980’s High temperature superconductors

Ancient Egypt : Canopic Jars

Ancient Greek Pottery: Story Telling

Archaeologists study pottery because it tells you a lot of a culture Example: if someone found your phone what would they find out about you Phones in a box and guess

Why it is important? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPyTZ59mzq0

Flower and Plant Jewelry Tiles

Pinch Pots : Create a Functional Pinch pot with at least 4 Tactile Textures

https://prezi.com/jjioikerfyyf/the-art-and-history-of-coil-pottery/

Coil Pots: Create a functional coil pot with at least 6 tactile textures

project: Functional I pod/ I Phone Speaker Ancient pottery was made to fill a need, but in today’s time we don’t need a pot to hold water. Create a speaker with 6 types of tactile textures and 3 different types of coils