Henry Moore

Slab Constructed Vessels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEygJ1JLp9I

Monday

Today is a shortened day.

Class ends at 10:44.

We will be having a wheel throwing demo to get everyone going for wheel throwing.  We will officially starting next week, but the table throwing next week with prepare their clay this week.  The table needing to prepare 10 clay balls this week is table one.  Next week is table 2 and so on.

Tomorrow and the rest of the week will be Coil Vessel lab time.

Friday is also a shortened day.

Monday

Coil Vessel

Sketches were overall excellent.  A few people did not turn in all 11 sketches.  Get those turn in today!!!

The slab rimmed dishes should be drying.  If they are they are light grey and room temperature, they can be place on the greenware cart in the kiln room.

New clay needs to be prepared.  We will be extruding a lot, so some of the clay should be softer.

You must have your sketches at your tables in the clayroom everyday.

Demo:

Coil vessel bases and configuration of clay.

Building process

Friday!

We will be covering how to create the final sketch for your coil vessel designs.  These will be due at the end of the hour.

The slab rimmed dishes should be ready for final drying today.

If the slab rimmed dish is light grey, remove the bag.  If it is still dark grey, wait until Monday.

New clay needs to be prepared for Monday.  We will be extruding a lot, so some of the clay should be softer.

We will be finishing up our first clay unit today with the piece being ready to dry no later than  Friday.

New Pre test.
Write your name on a piece of paper, date, and the hour.

1. Coil
2. Slip Trailing
3. Applied Design
4. Leather Hard
5. Extruder
6. Greenware
7. Bisque

Tuesday

We will be finishing up our first clay unit today with the piece being ready to dry no later than  Friday.

First, we have a post test.

We will finish class with an introduction to coil pot construction.

Let's hear it for extruding!!!

Monday

Ceramics I Students:
Here is the slab rimmed dish with the frog posts inside the bowl.  If you choose to add the frog post, be sure you create passages in each post for the water to move from the bowl into the posts.

We will be completing these pieces in class today, but they can be worked on outside of class until Friday of this week.

Tomorrow we will be starting our Coil Pot Construction unit.

Ceramics II Students:
I added a tab for you with a couple of other videos that I thought you would find helpful as you begin practicing forming vases.  You can log on to my computer by selecting switch user.  Remember not to shut it down when your done.  Just log off.

Thursday

Goals:
-You will design your rim using stamping and sprigging techniques to create and interesting rim.
-You will apply good craftsmanship to your piece as you join the bowl to the rim.  Smooth where necessary.
 Class work:
-use your sketch as you create your rim.
-create a paper template for your rim
-firmer clay is better for the rim.
-make clay as needed.  (No more than 2 people in the mixing room at a time.)

Wednesday

Work on your guided reading! It's due today.

Demo:
Slipping and Scoring

Class work:
-decide on a shape to use for your rim.-sprigging or applied clay
-create a template for your rim
-try sprigging combined with impressed designs
-make clay as needed.  (No more than 2 people in the mixing room at a time.)

Tuesday

Work on your guided reading! It's due tomorrow.

Demo:
-sprigging or applied clay
-templates

Class work:
-try sprigging combined with impressed designs
-decide on a shape to use for your rim.
-make clay as needed.  (No more than 2 people in the mixing room at a time.)

Work on your guided reading! It's due in 2 more days.

Class work:
-perfect your pinch pot.  Is it too thin?  Remake it.  Is it to thick?  Adjust it slowly and carefully.
-Prepare clay to be rolled out.  Press it flat until it is about an inch thick.  Now it can be rolled on the slab roller.
-Try pressing different things into the surface.  Get a piece of paper to write down the ideas that you like.  Keep rolling and pressing until you find a couple of techniques you really like.  Recycle any clay that feels too stiff to work with easily.

Demo:
How to use the pug mill.

Friday!!!!!

Keep working on your worksheet.  Turn it in to the orange basket when you are done with it.

$2 LAB FEE!!!!

Demo
Pinch Pot
Slab Rolling

Thursday!
Off to a great start :)

Is everyone ready to get their hands dirty?  After Attendance we will move into the clayroom to begin getting our clay ready to build our first construction.

Your goal today is to learn to wedge clay and why it is so important to the entire process of building with clay.

$2 lab Fee is due tomorrow.
Continue to work on the guided reading.

Day 2

-Guide Reading Assignment
-Classroom Tour
-Getting your clay ready to use

Welcome to Ceramics and Sculpture at LHS
-Intro
-Syllabus
-Pre-test
-Lockers





Pre-Test:
1. On a piece of paper write your name, date and class hour.
2. Define the following terms:

-pinch pot
-slab
-impress
-slip
-score
-greenware
-bisque
-template
-stamping 
-leatherhard 
-fettling knife

3. Hand into the orange basket by the teachers station