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    This document provides information about making pottery out of clay. It discusses the key properties of clay, including plasticity, porosity, and vitrification. It describes how clay is fired in kilns and ways to prevent explosions during firing, such as wedging clay, allowing adequate drying time, and creating holes for steam to escape. The document also demonstrates various pottery techniques like wedging clay, making a pinch pot, attaching handles, and creating a pinch pot rattle or animal form.

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    This document provides information about making pottery out of clay. It discusses the key properties of clay, including plasticity, porosity, and vitrification. It describes how clay is fired in kilns and ways to prevent explosions during firing, such as wedging clay, allowing adequate drying time, and creating holes for steam to escape. The document also demonstrates various pottery techniques like wedging clay, making a pinch pot, attaching handles, and creating a pinch pot rattle or animal form.

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    This document provides information about making pottery out of clay. It discusses the key properties of clay, including plasticity, porosity, and vitrification. It describes how clay is fired in kilns and ways to prevent explosions during firing, such as wedging clay, allowing adequate drying time, and creating holes for steam to escape. The document also demonstrates various pottery techniques like wedging clay, making a pinch pot, attaching handles, and creating a pinch pot rattle or animal form.

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    Pottery

    Things you need to know about making objects


    out of clay

    The Properties of Clay


    Plasticity -To be usable, clay has to have the ability to hold
    its form while at the same time be pliable enough to be
    moved by the potters hands.
    Porosity - Clay has to dry without cracking. A clay, to be
    usable by the potter, must be porous(or coarse) enough to
    allow the water to escape evenly from all parts of the
    ware.
    Vitrification - is the process of becoming glasslike

    Pottery is fired in Kilns

    Pottery inside a wood kiln

    High temperatures vitrify the


    clay.

    Pyrometric Cones

    When clay is fired to a high temperature it can crack


    if you arent careful when you make your piece.

    5 Ways to Prevent Explosions

    Wedge clay before you make anything


    Air dry pieces for as long as possible.
    Create a hole for steam to escape in hollow forms.
    Dont build thicker than 1 inch.
    Fire using a long preheat.
    Fire slow.

    Clay Particles are Disk Shaped.

    Wedging Clay (Day 1)

    How to make a pinch pot out of a


    small ball of clay. (Day 2)

    The first step to making your pinch pot is to


    start the opening. Cradle the ball of clay in
    one hand and gently press the end of your
    thumb into the clay.

    The idea is to gently press the clay from the


    inside with your thumb against your fingers
    on the outside. Each time you press a bit
    with your thumb, give the clay a bit of a turn
    before you press again.

    If you curve your fingers slightly, you can control the


    shape a bit better and make a more rounded form.

    The main thing to remember while working is to try for an


    even wall thickness as you pinch your way around the bowl.

    You can create texture on the outside of the


    pot if you wish by pressing objects into the
    wall or by carving some patterns onto the
    surface. You can also make it shiny by
    burnishing the surface with a small stone.

    Score and Slip to attach a handle to


    your cup.

    Score both surfaces you want to


    attach.

    Both pieces are rough.

    Slip is a mixture of clay and


    water.

    Coat both rough surfaces with


    slip.

    Join the 2 scored and slipped pieces


    together.

    This is only the beginning of the


    attachment.

    Next, smooth the seam between the


    joined pieces.

    Roll and score a coil and score the


    seam you have just joined.

    Smooth the coil into the seam.

    You have a strong attachment.

    Make a practice pinch rattle


    Make two pinch pots.
    Make some small clay beads. Put the clay beads inside the
    pinch pots before you connect them.
    Connect the pinch pots together by scoring and slipping.
    Carve the outside of the rattle and poke a hole.

    Pinch Pot Animal or Nature Form

    Sketch some pictures in your sketchbook.


    Must use 3 or more pinch pots to create your animal.
    Use textures
    Score and slip to join the pieces
    Why is this animal important to you? Can you tell a story
    through this animal?
    Good craftsmanship

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