CRAFTS
Decorative &
Functional Art
1. What is an assembly line?

• A process of mass production created by
Henry Ford, in which workers stationed along
a conveyor belt were each responsible for
installing a separate part.
2. What is a craftsperson?
• Artists who
make useful
and
aesthetically
pleasing goods.
3. Define the term crafts.

• Different areas
of applied art
in which
craftspeople
work.
4. What is weaving?
• A craft in which
strands of fiber
are interlocked
to make cloth
or objects.
5. What is the frame that cloth is
woven onto?
• Cloth is woven on a loom.
(complete sentence needed for full credit half credit for one word ans.)
6. What is glass made of?
• Glass is made out of melted sand.
• When sand is heated in a
furnace to about 2700 degrees
it turns into a hot, thick, taffy
like substance similar to lava.
7. What is glassblowing?
• Glassblowing is the craft of shaping melted
glass by blowing air into it through a tube.
8. Name two ways in which slip is used.
• Slip is used to
join pieces of
clay together
and to
decorate
finished works.
9. Describe the difference between
plastic clay and leather hard clay.
• Plastic clay is still
wet enough to be
worked but firm
enough to hold it’s
shape.

• Leather hard clay
is still damp but
too dry to hold
it’s shape.
10. What is the difference between
greenware and bisqueware.
• Before clay has been fired it is dry and
it’s called greenware.

• After the clay is fired it’s called
bisqueware.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3_CAVv8gDI
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1xb48Y6
EdA
Our project will be…
Abstract birdhouses:
Let’s draw!
• Your abstract birdhouse will be required to
show three principles of design
– Unity
– Repetition
– Movement
Unity
The repetition of any Element of Art
(lines, shapes, colors, textures, etc.)
to bring the composition together.

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UNITY

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MOVEMENT
A principle used to guide a viewer’s eyes
though a composition.
Remember:

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This principles is
about how your eyes
move. Not the
physical movement
of things in the
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MOVEMENT
A principle used to guide a viewer’s eyes
though a composition.
The MOVEMENT in
this collage is in a “V”
shape because your
eyes go down into the
center and then back
up on the right.

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MOVEMENT

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Regular Repetition
Lines, shapes and colors repeat in a predictable
pattern.

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REGULAR
REPETITION

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Irregular Repetition
Lines, shapes and colors repeat in an
unpredictable pattern.

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IRREGULAR
REPETITION

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PROGRESSIVE
REPETITION

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