Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Third Block Art II - Working with Clay


This week, Art II students finished basic pinch/coil pots and began on basic slab work. Their pinch/coil pots are egg separators called Snot Pots - after you break an egg into the pot, the whites drip out of the nostril holes. Students had fun creating these and reviewing basic hand construction techniques.


Moving from pinch/coil pots to slab work, students created ceramic fish by rolling two slabs and cutting the fish shape from each using a template. After stuffing the fish with newspaper, they sealed the halves together and decorated the design using at least five distinct textures.

1 comment:

jme144 said...

Yay clay it brings back memories ^^. well not really but hey if you want to have fun work with the clay be one with the clay. Don't be like me i sleep read and only did stuff that seemed intresting to me in ceramics. just beleive me on this one i may not be the perfect student but i know where i have messed up ^^ learn from my mistakes ^^