January 7, 2013

•You Need– pen/pencil– Vocabulary Books

What we’re doing:•Vocab and intro to first clay project

Ceramics 101

Ceramics:Pottery or clay sculpture fired at high temperatures to make them strong.

Vessel:A hollow container for holding something. Can also be “pottery”

Pinch Pot: Vessel created with basic pinching technique. Walls should be even, thin and smooth

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

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

Slab Construction:Joining shapes cut from thick sheets of damp clay.

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

Leather hard

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

Carving

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

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

FRAGILE!

Fire:process of cooking clay making it impermeable and completely dry

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 on bisque ware.

First Clay Project:• Create a Box that has a specific emotional quality

without using faces, pictures or words (NO HEARTS! NO RAIN or TEARS!)

• The outside of the box will CONTRAST with the inside of your box

• You must be able to see the inside of the box from the outside.

• Use attached textures & shapes to express your idea• Colors will be available but limited

For the next few slides write down what emotion or idea the artwork by

“Mitsy” is trying to express

Some other inspirational vessels

What’s next?

• Turn in your notes• Continue building your box• Keep it moist & workable or else you’ll have to

start again.• Build the box quickly but spend time shaping

& perfecting later.