January 29, 2014Semester 2

FIND YOUR NEW SEAT NUMBERS ON STICKER CHART AND SIT THERE STARTING TODAY

•You Need– pen/pencil– Large sheet of paper scissors

What we’re doing:• Making a new booklet for a new semester• Vocab and intro to first clay project

Hand Building with Clay1/29/2014

Ceramics:Pottery or clay sculpture fired at high temperatures

Vessel:A hollow container for holding something.

Pinch Pot: Vessel created with basic pinching technique. Walls should be even

Wedge: To knead clay before used to remove air pockets.

Additive Sculpture:

When material is added to an artwork

Coil Construction:Long, snake-like ropes of clay used to make forms

Slab Construction:Joining shapes cut from sheets clay.

Score & Slip:Crossed scratches in clay & add water to join together pieces

Subtractive sculpture:

When material is taken away

CarvingImages or lettering that are cut into the surface of the material

Anything can be a clay tool, but these are the basics

Fettling Knife

Rolling Pin

States of Clay

Leather hard

Stage of the clay that is best for attaching pieces and carving.

When you’re finished building…

Greenware: Clay that is completely air dry but not fired.

FRAGILE!

Fire:process of cooking clay making it permanent

Kiln:Oven that can reach very high temperatures

Bisque:Clay that has been fired once but not glazed.

Glaze: Thin coating of minerals which produces a glassy transparent or colored coating

NOTE: Glazeware must be fired AGAIN before colors turn and become glossy!

First Project: Elephants on Parade• Create an elephant using pinch pots and

additive methods of clay building– All elephants will be standing on 4 legs– Our goal is to be realistic in FORM & imaginative in

SURFACE

• The building process will be similar for all of us, but details, surface decoration (carvings, 3D designs), and overall personality of your elephant are up to you.– Perhaps it symbolizes something personal about

you?

Just some ideas for FORM

Some videos

• Ceramic artist Pamela Mei Yee Leung– http://www.pinterest.com/pin/

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• Ceramic Artist: Sophie Woodrow– http://www.pinterest.com/pin/166703623681139

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• Health:Hayley Morris– http://vimeo.com/17644530

What’s next?• Turn in your notes• TOMORROW:• Clean out your drawer/find a drawer!

– Return ALL materials you’ve borrowed. You should have nothing in your boxes but your paint palette

• Show me your empty drawer and you’ll get clay.• Keep it moist & workable or else you’ll have to

start again.