A brief introduction to the various types of artistic mediums that are usually put into the "Crafts" category, including ceramics, metalwork, glass, and wood. Based on the "Gateways to Art" textbook (Thames & Hudson: 2012).

1. T, R, 9:30AM-10:50AM
Art Appreciation
Professor Paige Prater

2. Art vs. Craft
 After 1400, Renaissance: drawing, painting, sculpture =
ART
 Utilitarian objects = CRAFT (Western culture)

3. Ceramics/Pottery
 Stoneware, earthenware, porcelain
 Wheel-throwing
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9-hAJ8IrmU
 Wet clay dries
 Fired in a kiln 2,000-3,000F
 Glaze (slip) applied
 Fired in kiln; glaze fuses with clay
 Coil method
 Slab method
Peter Voulkos, Gallas Rock,
1960. Stoneware, slip, &
glaze, 84 x 37 x 26 ¾ “ UCLA.

4. Ceramics: Function & Form
 http://calebzouhary.com/gallery/#/mugs/

5. Glass 3500BCE-Present
 Intense heat melts silica
(sand) + lead
 Slow cooling is critical!
 Stained Glass
 Glassblowing (since 1st
century CE)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
O1xb48Y6EdA
 2100F in the furnace
Rose window, Chartres Cathedral, 13th
century (43’ diameter!)

6. Glass: Dale Chihuly
 100 artists and craftsmen work with him!
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJhw9_B_X4

7. Metalwork
 Bronze Age (5,000+ years ago)
 Iron Age (3,000+ years ago)
She-Wolf, 500BCE (Etruscan);
15-16th century, twins added ;
33 ½”

8. Metalwork: Jewelry
 Royal earrings, India, 1st
century BCE

9. Fiber
 Fiber and threads:
animal, vegetable,
synthetic
Rosemary DesPlas, Keep Your Fingers
Crossed, 2006. Hand-sewn human hair.

10. Fiber:
 Thread like pencil:
Dutch artist Tilleke
Schwartz, Count Your
Blessings, 2003
 “mixture of
contemporary
influences, graffiti,
icons, texts, and
traditional images from
samplers.”

11. Fiber: Cayce Zavaglia
 Yarn Portraits: http://www.caycezavaglia.com/
Welkers, Hand Embroidery: One-Ply Cotton and Silk Thread on Raw Belgian
Linen, 10.5 x 26 inches

12. Wood
 Deteriorates
over time…
 Cutting,
carving,
sanding,
polishing
 Intarsia:
wood
mosaic
Detail of studiolo from Ducal Palace in Gubbio, Italy.
Giuliano da Maiano, after a design by Francesco di
Giorgio Martini, c. 1480. Walnut, beech, rosewood, oak,
and fruit woods.

13. Wood
 Native American
(Heiltsuk)
Captain Richard
Carpenter
(Du’ klwayella),
Bent-corner
chest, c. 1860.
Yellow cedar, red cedar,
and paint, 21 ¼ x 35 ¾ x
20 ½”
 Plank smoothed,
bent, joined,
carved, and
painted. KERFS