Vocabulary

1. Vocabulary Clay – moist earth of decomposed rock Firing – baking clay at a high temperature unfired clay not quite dry but firm enough to carve Leatherhard – Greenware – clay in unfired state first firing without glaze Bisque – Kiln – furnace used to fire clay Glaze – finely ground mineral solution, turns to glass when fired

2. Preparing your clay for sculpting Wedging removes air pockets

3. Tools Anything will work!

4. Methods of sculpting with Clay • Pinch Pots or Modeling with clay • Coil Building • Slab and Slip Methods

5. Modeling clay into a pinch pot. Start with a ball. Push thumb into center. Pinch from bottom upward. Shape and smooth for finished pot. ReviewMethods

6. Modeling clay using coil method Roll clay into coils or “wormies” Attach using the slip and score method Rolling spirals Spheres or Disc shapes ReviewMethods

7. Sculpting with the Slab Method Flatten clay Roll and cut to size Score and Slip Join and reinforce Smooth with tools Finish and repeat ReviewMethods

8. Student Projects

9. Review Questions 1. Unfired clay not quite dry but firm enough to carve 2. Furnace used to fire clay 3. Baking clay at a high temperature 4. Clay in unfired state 5. Moist earth of decomposed rock 6. First firing without glaze 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?