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Whistles
objective
Use the hollow out technique to create a whistle that works.
I.V.1-3, I.CX.1-2
requirements
- Rough Draft (detailed drawing, what is it?, color, ug/g, dimensions)
- Roughly be 4"x3" in size
- Must fully whistle
- Outside must be sculpted into something where the form directly connects with the whistle's form &/or it's sound.
making a whistle
history
1. Using a solid ball of clay, shape into
main whistle form.
2. Allow to dry loosely covered overnight.
3. Cut ball in half with wire.
4. Hollow out the inside leaving walls 1/4" thick
and removing excess clay from walls & inside.
5. Slip & score together.
6. Mend the seam with plastic clay or
coil of clay.
7. Use popsicle stick to make mouth opening
(refer to diagram & video)
8. Use rounded/pointed stick to create aperture opening.
**Work on each of these openings until you get a whistle sound.**
9. Sculpt & add to the form to complete the whistle.
The clay whistle can be traced back to the early Egyptians, Asia, South America in Mayan and Inca cultures, just to name a few.
Ocarina Video
Making a Clay Whistle, Robin Schuberth
ocarina believed to be 12,000 years old
Creating a whistle in clay, Melissa Katt
Believed to be the approx. time in history when clay whistles originated. Asia and specifically China is WHERE they are believed to originate.
Early Mayan clay whistles
Students are making some pretty cool whistles in Ms. Wooten's class.
Clay whistles begin to be created in Europe in 11th Century
Creating a whistle in clay, Melissa Katt
2500 BC
2020
1000-1100
600-800
Look @ clay whistles & other instruments in the The Met's collection by clicking this link https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503940
I.CX.1