Pop-Art Clay Teapots

Pop Art

• Typically used images from:– Pop culture– Mass media– Advertising– News/current events

Crying Girl, Roy Lichtenstein; 1964; Pop Art; Enamel on Steel

POP CULTURE

Untitled from Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn); Andy Warhol; 1967; Pop Art; Screen Print

MASS MEDIA

Campbell's Soup I; Andy Warhol; 1968; Pop Art; Screen Print

ADVERTISING

Signs; Robert Rauschenberg; 1970; Conceptual Art; Collage

CURRENT EVENTS

Assignment

• Design a teapot that focuses on something specific from any of these areas:– Pop Culture (i.e. Hello Kitty, Sesame Street, Sporting

Teams, etc.)– Mass Media (i.e. Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, or other

musicians/actors)– Advertising (i.e. Brand names like Kraft, appropriate

skateboard logos, clothing brands, etc.)– News/Current Events (i.e. Supreme court trials,

elections, natural disasters, national relations, etc.)

Assignment Continued

• Your teapot must communicate the imagery clearly; the viewer should know what images your teapot consists of, as well as what message you’re trying to send by creating this teapot

• Think about whether you want your teapot to be FUNCTIONAL or METAPHORICAL (either is allowed!!!)

Pay Attention!!!

• Some of the images you are about to see are not actually teapots, but they could easily be altered to look like teapots (they DON’T have to be functional!)

Pop Culture

Pop Culture

Pop Culture

Pop Culture

Pop Culture

Pop Culture

Pop Culture

Pop Culture

Pop Culture

Pop Culture (Pusheen)

Pop Culture: Bob’s Burgers

Advertisement? Coca Cola

Mass Media: Alice in Wonderland

Mass Media: Alice in Wonderland

Mass Media: Alice in Wonderland

Mass Media: Alice in Wonderland

Advertising

Advertising Food/Farming/Organics

Advertising: Go Green

Advertising: Go Green

How could this be representative of News/Current Events?

Steampunk (sci-fi/horror/alternate technologies set in alternate historical settings) i.e. the movie, “Wild Wild West”

Pop Culture? Mass Media? Advertisement? Political/Current Events?

OTMS Student Example

OTMS Student Example

OTMS Student Example

OTMS Student Example

OTMS Student Example

My Example

Final Note:

• You will not be sculpting a pop icon “AS IS”– For example, if you want to make a Simpson’s

teapot, you will not just sculpt Simpsons characters as they are…

• You still need to add your own twist! You are Appropriating images: borrowing them, but I still expect you to use your own brain to do something creative with those images!!!