Day 1 Bell StART CeramicsWelcome Back! Write in Your Sketch Book:The Ten Golden Rules of Ceramics1. Clay must be thoroughly covered up with a plastic bag to keep it from drying out. This applies to works in progress and moist clay.2. Clay dust can be harmful if you are exposed to it for long periods of time, so keep your area clean, clay scraps off the floor and clean with water and a rag.3. Clay can be no thicker than your thumb.4. In order for clay to stick together it MUST be scored and slipped together while the clay is moist or leather hard.Wedge clay to remove air bubbles, achieve uniform consistency, and to line up the particles of clay. (tomorrow you will copy 6-10)

Todays GoalFor returning and new students in the class:

View website for Weekly BellStART and access to syllabus and vocabulary termsReview classroom rules and find cubbies for new studentsListen and take notes from your teachers demonstration of our make-shift pot shopIn your SKB render the image of the Octopus Jar with a pencil in a of the page picture plane, and/or receive a block of clay (if you remembered your plastic bags)

Our Pot ShopBackpacks/smocksClayStorage/Write name on labelToolsClean-up/lotionClay vessel/ identification of parts

MinoanMarine Style octopus jar, from Palaikastros, c. 1500 BCE. Approx. 11 high.LIP/MOUTHARMSSHOULDERNECK------------------BODYFOOT---------

Day 2 Bell StART CeramicsWrite in Your Sketch Book:6. Trapped air can cause clay to explode. So hollow out sculptural forms and put needle holes from the bottom so air can escape.7. Don't glaze the bottom of a piece. 8. Always wash the piece before glazing.9. Always handle your project with two hands at all times.In other words BE CAREFUL its your hard work.10. NEVER HANDLE ANOTHER PERSONS WORK EVEN IF IT LOOKS COOL!

Raku pinch pot approx. 4" diameter

Raku pinch pot approx. 2.5" diameter

Bowl with Human Feet, c.37503550 BC, possibly late Naqada I or early Naqada II, Predynastic period. Made from Nile clay

Vessel with Two Feet (Iran, 1000800 BCE). Red clay.

The pottery kuei pitcher is a typical vessel type of the Ta-wen-kou and Shantung Lung-shan culture.

Bird with ding vessels Western Han dynasty (206 BCE9 CE) Clay with natural pigments H. 53.5 cm, L. 40 cm, W. 45 cm Excavated 1969, Wuyingshan, Jinan Municipality Collection of Jinan Municipal Museum

Todays DemonstrationAdding clay-slip and scoreCoil techniqueSlab Slump moldStorageSlow dry

Day 3 Bell StART CeramicsWrite in Your Sketch Book:

WEDGING - Method of kneading clay to make it homogenous; ridding the clay of all air pockets.

TODAYS Goal:Work on your pinch-pot with feet, keep your clay plastic and receive clean-up duty

Day 4 Bell StART CeramicsWrite in Your Sketch Book:

SLIP A liquid form of clay used as a glue or as decoration.PLASTICITY - Quality of clay that allows it to be manipulated and still maintain its shape without cracking or sagging.

**Homework: In your sketch book draw an idea of the pinch pot w/feet you will build. Also, Print out the vocabulary terms and keep in your SKB.