{"id":1107,"date":"2021-03-08T20:08:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T20:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2021-04-08T21:04:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T21:04:09","slug":"student-ceramic-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/2021\/03\/08\/student-ceramic-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Ceramic Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">March 8 &#8211; 31, 2021<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Organic Abstraction<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1116\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Ceramics1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Ceramics1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Ceramics1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Ceramics1-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Ceramics1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Nature and biology have long been a source of mystery and inspiration for artists. The shapes and forms discovered under microscopes, in the depths of the oceans, and hiding in gardens feel otherworldly and beautiful in their strangeness. As humans we are drawn in by their elegant structures, sometimes at our own peril.\u00a0For this assignment, students used clay and pinch pot building techniques to create sculptures inspired by organic forms from biology and nature.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Paper Mosaics<\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1107 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/2021\/03\/08\/student-ceramic-exhibit\/mosaicspaper2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/MosaicsPaper2-300x166.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/MosaicsPaper2-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/MosaicsPaper2-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/MosaicsPaper2-450x249.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/MosaicsPaper2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/2021\/03\/08\/student-ceramic-exhibit\/mosaicspaper\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/MosaicsPaper-300x154.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/MosaicsPaper-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/MosaicsPaper-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/MosaicsPaper-450x231.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/MosaicsPaper.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Students explored different color schemes and traditional &#8220;opus styles,&#8221; or\u00a0ways that mosaic pieces can be arranged, to create a specific type of rhythm and flow in a mosaic.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Face Jugs<\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1107 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/2021\/03\/08\/student-ceramic-exhibit\/jar2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar2-300x175.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar2-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar2-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar2-450x263.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/2021\/03\/08\/student-ceramic-exhibit\/jar3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar3-300x156.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar3-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar3-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar3-450x234.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/2021\/03\/08\/student-ceramic-exhibit\/jar1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar1-300x184.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar1-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar1-450x276.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2021\/03\/Jar1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Face jugs can be found throughout history in Europe, Africa, Pre-Columbian America and especially in 19<sup>th<\/sup> century African-American folk arts.\u00a0 Fully-functional, it is said that slaves in the U.S. used the jugs for identity purposes on gravestones and to ward off evil spirits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 8 &#8211; 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The shapes and forms discovered under microscopes, in the depths of the oceans, and hiding in gardens feel otherworldly and beautiful in their strangeness. 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