Form a whimsical and functional "pocket" to animate a wall.  This project combines the wall pocket with a face jug, creating a fun and whimsical (or scary) face pocket out of clay.

3 Dimensional

Clay

Art History

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Sargent Art Acrylic Paint - Ultramarine Blue, 16 oz (Pint)

Sargent Art Metallic Acrylic - Aztec Gold, 8 oz, Bottle

Yasutomo 1" Flat Hake Brush shown upright

Pottery Tool Kit. Set of 8, out of package.

Blick Medium-Weight Unprimed Cotton Canvas by the Yard - 64-1/2" x 1 yard (Canvas on roll)

Blick Medium-Weight Unprimed Cotton Canvas by the Yard - 64-1/2" x 1 yard (Close-up of texture)

This project combines a wall pocket with a face jug, creating a fun and whimsical (or scary) face pocket out of clay. Using firing or air-dry clay and the slab method, a face pocket can serve as a planter, or a functional item to hold anything that might benefit from having its own pocket. Although we think of these "hangable" vases as made mainly of ceramics, they have also been made from glass, wood, tin, copper, and cloth. Create this whimsical craft while also learning about the rich and varied history surrounding the placement of a face on a piece of pottery. For a pdf version of this lesson, along with a materials list, follow this link to the Blick Art Materials lessons page http://www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/the-walls-are-watching-you/