UNIT 1: PROPERTIES OF CLAY
- Origin of clay
- Types of clay
- Plasticity and shrinkage
- Maturity temperature and porosity
UNIT 2: PROCEDURES
- The role of our hands
- Wedging/kneading clay
- Appropriate and safe uses of pottery tools and equipment
- Scoring and applying slip
- How to log class notes, thumbnails and glazes used per project
- Techniques of texture and design
- Glazing techniques
- Kiln firing
UNIT 3: PINCH POT METHOD
(Complete 6 clay projects)
- Proper wedging of clay
- Working a single lump of clay to form various organic functional shapes with an even ¼” wall thickness
UNIT 4: COIL METHOD
(Complete 6 clay pieces)
- Proper wedging of clay
- Creating coils of even thickness
- Working different coil shapes and lines to make open and closed clay pieces
- Scoring and slipping each layer of coil.
UNIT 5: SLAB METHOD
(Complete 6 clay pieces)
- Proper wedging of clay
- Proper use of rolling pin to make slabs with an even thickness
- Scoring and slipping each layer of coil
- Securing all joints
UNIT 6: INTRODUCTION TO WHEEL THROWING
(Complete 6 clay pieces)
- Proper wedging of clay
- Centering clay on the potter’s wheel
- Throwing a symmetrical cylindrical form on the potter’s wheel
- Trimming a thrown piece