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    1. The document provides instructions and information for students on various ceramic and pottery techniques including wedging, wheel throwing, pinch pots, coil building, and slab building. 2. Key terms are defined such as wet clay, leather hard, bone dry, greenware, bisqueware, and glazeware. Different tools used for techniques are listed. 3. Students are asked to create a vessel using two handbuilding forms that represents who they are, were, or will be.

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    1. The document provides instructions and information for students on various ceramic and pottery techniques including wedging, wheel throwing, pinch pots, coil building, and slab building. 2. Key terms are defined such as wet clay, leather hard, bone dry, greenware, bisqueware, and glazeware. Different tools used for techniques are listed. 3. Students are asked to create a vessel using two handbuilding forms that represents who they are, were, or will be.

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    Vessels

    Works by Beatrice Wood

    Rebecca Rodriguez Art 135 Ceramic/Pottery Lesson

    moment to
    play with the
    clay in front
    of you

    Words to know!
    Wet Clay:clay body that has water moisture, usually
    plastic
    Leather Hard:dried body of clay, still has enough
    moisture to be worked with
    Bone Dry: body with no moisture
    Greenware:any unfired pottery
    Bisqueware:pottery that has gone through first firing
    Glazeware:Pottery that has gone through a glaze fire
    (2nd firing)

    Tooth: the density of a clay body given by grog


    Fat:clay body that is very plastic
    Plastic:clay body that is malleable, doesn't crack
    Short:clay body that is not plastic
    Earthenware:low fired ceramic
    Stoneware:high fired ceramic, has been vitrified
    Kiln:chamber used to fire ceramic
    Cone:measurement of heat when firing ceramic
    Glaze: coat of glass substance fused to ceramic
    piece, color given by metal oxide

    Wedging
    Why do we wedge?
    -To homogenize the clay
    -To remove impurities
    -To remove air bubbles

    Wheel Throwing
    Tools:

    sponge

    -handtowel

    -different
    shaped ribs

    -modeling tool

    -needle tool

    -ribbon/loop tools

    -bucket

    -wire cutter

    Before we leave
    -Be respectful of borrowed space
    -Clean up after yourself
    -Have fun
    -Dont be afraid
    to get dirty

    Pinch Form
    Demo

    Coil
    Demo

    Slab
    Soft slab- the slab is still wet
    Hard slab- the slab is
    leatherhard
    Tools used- Slab roller, rolling pin
    and measuring sticks, hands

    Demo

    Extra info!
    -Make sure to poke a hole!
    -How to bond

    Vessels
    What is a vessel? In what ways can a
    vessel be used?

    Key Concepts
    1. A vessel is an object used to hold or
    contain something.
    2. A vessel can carry many meanings.
    3. A vessel can be functional or figurative.

    Essential Questions
    1. What is a vessel?
    2. Why might an artist create a vessel
    form?
    3. What other significance may a vessel
    hold?

    Vessels and You


    Using at least two of the
    learned handbuilding forms
    create a vessel to contain
    who you were, who you are or
    what you will be.

    Closing Time
    What type of vessel did you create?
    What techniques did you use?

    Lets take a minutes to see what our classmates


    created

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