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Face Jugs. FACE JUGS. What is Ceramics?. Ceramics is the art of making and decorating pottery or clay . The earliest ceramics were made over 27,000 years ago! . Types of Ceramics. Functional vs. Decorative . Face Jugs. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Face Jugs
FACE JUGS
What is Ceramics?Ceramics is the art of making and decorating pottery or clay.
The earliest ceramics were made over 27,000 years ago!
Types of Ceramics
Functional vs. Decorative
Face Jugs • Nobody really knows when the first one was made but it could be all the way back to ancient Egypt!
• Slaves in the south made them in the 1800s. They have even been found at the Underground Railroad.
• Folk Artists in the mountains in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia began making them in the 1940s and still make them today.
What are they for? • People made face jugs to
ward off evil spirits, that is why they are so ugly.
• They can be silly, scary, gross, sad, funny, or even realistic looking
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Creating a face • Proportion• Features
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