Talk about different cultures that use bowls and what their purpose if different for bowls are. Finally, talk about the Indian group called the Mimbres and discuss the purpose for the bowls they use. Show students overheads of several types of bowl designs. Discuss the abstraction of form and line to create the design. Discuss the repetition of line and the use of solid white and solid black areas of the bowls.
Some bowls have animal or human designs in the center.
Discuss what the purpose might have been. Explain that the students will be creating their own bowl incorporating this design type on their bowl. They will not however break the bowl, theirs will remain intact. Pass out manila paper, rulers, and compasses. Have students create at least 3 designs including an area of solid black, solid white and repeated line.