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National Visual Art Standards that this project meets:
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Step 1: Stages of Clay
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Step 2: Hand Building with Clay
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Slab |
CoilThis two part demo will take you through how to build a coil pot.
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Step 3: Wheel Throwing with Clay
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Electric Kiln Firing
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Below is a picture of an electric kiln as it reaches Cone 06. Cone 06 is what students' clay and pottery is fired to, which is around 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit. Wow! That is much hotter than your oven at home can cook food at. The chart on the right shows the difference between various cones while firing ceramics.
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Bisque Firing
Glaze Firing
Finished Artwork |
Exploded Clay |
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Clay Shrinks 10%
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Clay Study Guide
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Step 4: Process Portfolio
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Step 5: Create
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Step 6: Firing & Glazing
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Step 7: Upload to Artsonia, Add Title and Artist Statement
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Students will upload their artwork to Artsonia.
Students will enter in a Title for their artwork.
Students will create an artist's statement talking about their artwork answers some of the following sentences to create this statement.
- What is your favorite part of this artwork? What is your least favorite?
- What was the inspiration for creating this piece of artwork?
- What would you change if you were to create it again? Why?
- What are some of the concepts you learned while creating this artwork?
- Did anything about this artwork surprise you?
- Describe what you did to create this artwork.
Students will enter in a Title for their artwork.
Students will create an artist's statement talking about their artwork answers some of the following sentences to create this statement.
- What is your favorite part of this artwork? What is your least favorite?
- What was the inspiration for creating this piece of artwork?
- What would you change if you were to create it again? Why?
- What are some of the concepts you learned while creating this artwork?
- Did anything about this artwork surprise you?
- Describe what you did to create this artwork.
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Teaching Videos
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Building a Slab BoxThis demo takes you through the basics of hand building with slabs to create a box complete with a lid!
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Hand Building with ClayThis demo takes you through the basics of hand building along with amazing decorative techniques!
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