David Ingram's Assembled Patterns
![Picture](/uploads/4/9/0/1/49019259/9634420.jpg?168)
Assembled Patterns has previously being displayed in the Pittsburg State University Department of Art Gallery. His work explores patterns or tessellations through vessels in it two mediums that require that require very different techniques in terms of manipulation. This duality is also within David himself, as a artist and art teacher.
Being an art teacher doesn't mean we are not artists. These two entities can both enhance or counteract each other. As an artist when viewing Ingram's work, I look at the craftsmanship, experimentation, process and gallery set up. I view some pieces as successful and unsuccessful. For example, Little Blue is a vessel composed of smaller vessels all wheel thrown. Yet the glazing technique doesn't exemplify the same care and consideration. As artists, we look to these influences to guide us for our own work. We get what we take from influence.
As an art teacher, I'm considering how to connect the gallery and the classroom. How can I incorporate Ingram's patterns into a lesson? What other artists could I pair with him? (M. C. Escher) What about a collaboration with the wood tech teacher? As art teachers, we look for what to take experiences and influences into the classroom. Analyze the techniques to simplify and adapt for student use.
Being an art teacher doesn't mean we are not artists. These two entities can both enhance or counteract each other. As an artist when viewing Ingram's work, I look at the craftsmanship, experimentation, process and gallery set up. I view some pieces as successful and unsuccessful. For example, Little Blue is a vessel composed of smaller vessels all wheel thrown. Yet the glazing technique doesn't exemplify the same care and consideration. As artists, we look to these influences to guide us for our own work. We get what we take from influence.
As an art teacher, I'm considering how to connect the gallery and the classroom. How can I incorporate Ingram's patterns into a lesson? What other artists could I pair with him? (M. C. Escher) What about a collaboration with the wood tech teacher? As art teachers, we look for what to take experiences and influences into the classroom. Analyze the techniques to simplify and adapt for student use.