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?

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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-

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Jeopardy wav file - http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Unio

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Artwork examples created by Lena School District Students