8th Grade Continues with Clay!
Students have been instructed on the different stages of clay ware: greenware- still maluable, leather hard- fragile and breakable, bisqueware- after the first kiln firing, and final glaze piece- after liquid glazes are applied and the piece is fired for the last time. Students have learned to apply underglazes to greenware OR bisqueware and that liquid gloss glazes MUST be applied ONLY to bisqueware. Students have chosen their construction process and the color theme of their flower pots, all creative inspiration is cultivated and supported on an individual basis.
Students continue to work with clay, stacking coils, slabs, and spheres to create a new flower pot for their observation drawing flowering subjects. Using various hand building techniques, such as slab, coil, braids, and spheres students score and slip their pieces together until reaching the assigned specifications of 6"Hx4"D. Students also continued to practice their centering and on the wheel so they can keep their new skills sharp.
Students continue to work with clay, stacking coils, slabs, and spheres to create a new flower pot for their observation drawing flowering subjects. Using various hand building techniques, such as slab, coil, braids, and spheres students score and slip their pieces together until reaching the assigned specifications of 6"Hx4"D. Students also continued to practice their centering and on the wheel so they can keep their new skills sharp.