Unit Overview: Students learned how to create a ceramic vessel using clay, clay tools, and coil pot technique in order to create a balanced, clean, well designed container. In this project, I wanted students to focus on the technical aspects of ceramic building. We used the coil pot method and review basic concepts like score and slip, pinch pot, and sgraffito. In addition, we also covered more ceramic technique, like allowing the clay to harden in a sealed bag to just softer than leather hard in order to build more firm, effective, and stable pots. (If you build too high too quickly, your pot will fall or fail.) We also talked about the design of the pot. I required each student to ensure that their pot had the following: 1. A foot 2. An attachment 3. Sgraffito (subtractive design) 4. Built between 3-7 inches 5. Must be solid, no cracks or holes Here's how the bone dry pieces look . . . And now for the final, finished project . . .
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