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Vocabulary
Clay –moist earth of decomposed rock
baking clay at a high temperature
unfired clay not quite dry but firm enough to carve
clay in unfired state
first firing without glaze
furnace used to fire clay
finely ground mineral solution, turns to glass when fired
Firing –
Leatherhard –
Greenware –
Bisque –
Kiln –
Glaze –
Preparing your clay for sculptingWedging removes air pockets
Tools
Anything will work!
Methods of sculpting with Clay
1. Pinch Pots or Modeling with clay
2. Coil Building
3. Slab and Slip Methods
4. Throwing on the wheel
Modeling clay into a pinch pot.
Start with a ball.
Push thumb into center.
Pinch from bottom upward.
Shape and smooth for finished pot.
Review Methods
Modeling clay using coil method
Roll clay into coils or “wormies”
Rolling spirals Spheres or Disc shapes
Attach using the slip and score method
Review Methods
Sculpting with the Slab Method
Flatten clay
Roll and cut to size
Score and Slip
Join and reinforce
Smooth with tools
Finish and repeat
Review Methods
Student Projects
Review Questions
5. Moist earth of decomposed rock
3. Baking clay at a high temperature
1. Unfired clay not quite dry but firm enough to carve
4. Clay in unfired state
6. First firing without glaze
2. Furnace used to fire clay
7. Finely ground mineral solution, turns to glass when fired
8. This is done to clay to remove air pockets.
9. This method is attaching flat pieces of clay together.
10. To attach 2 pieces of clay together you should do what?
Lets Play Jeopardy!
5 pt
2pt
Methods
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5 pt 5 pt 5 pt
2pt 2pt 2pt
Heat it Up! Getting Dirty Miscellaneous
Tally Scores
Rolling clay into thin and long pieces to
sculpt.
What is coil method.
The process of baking your clay.
What is firing?
This is a technique to create a rough surface not gain points in clay
modeling.
What is scoring?
Clay that is fired once.
What is bisque?
Using flat sheets of clay to build a
sculpture.
What is the slab method?
This furnace is used to bake ceramic or
clay projects?
What is a kiln?
The stage your clay is at when you can no longer add but still
‘carve’ into the surface.
What is leather hard?
Projects that are bone dry.
What is greenware?
This method you use your thumb to begin
sculpting.
What is the pinch pot method?
The temperature at which the kiln can
reach.
What is 1800°?
Working your clay to remove all air pockets
or work water into.
What is wedging?
The method of working on the wheel
with clay.
What is the throwing method?
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Resources:
Jeopardy template - http://www.tesd.k12.pa.us/technology/2001-
2002%20Web/neat_stuff.htm
Jeopardy wav file - http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Unio
n/9293/midi/midi.htm
All images created by Victoria L. Magee
Artwork examples created by Lena School District Students