Pottery 2
Assignments:
- collaborative piece (totem or tile mosaic)
- 2 exact same pinch pots
- coil tea pot using extruder for coils and majolica glazes
- complex slab, making your own pattern, sgraffitto on underglaze
- subtractive sculpting with iron oxide
- cylinders on the wheel
- slip decorated plate
- head/bust craving
- final: your choice
Pottery II is a sequel to Pottery I, built on basic skills learned in Pottery I. Techniques in pottery II will include improving on skills learned in Pottery I. Students will make two pinch pots assembled into a rattle, a coil tea pot glazed with majolica, a complex slab with sgraffito, learn to use iron oxide on a subtractive sculpting, cylinders on the wheel, and slip decoration on a plate. Students will make about 10 projects.
Students will study historical and contemporary pottery themes, which could include techniques, artists, cultures and philosophies.
Students should be able to assess the quality of their own work and others. Students should be improving their technical skills. Students should be learning terms and vocabulary involved in Pottery.
- collaborative piece (totem or tile mosaic)
- 2 exact same pinch pots
- coil tea pot using extruder for coils and majolica glazes
- complex slab, making your own pattern, sgraffitto on underglaze
- subtractive sculpting with iron oxide
- cylinders on the wheel
- slip decorated plate
- head/bust craving
- final: your choice
Pottery II is a sequel to Pottery I, built on basic skills learned in Pottery I. Techniques in pottery II will include improving on skills learned in Pottery I. Students will make two pinch pots assembled into a rattle, a coil tea pot glazed with majolica, a complex slab with sgraffito, learn to use iron oxide on a subtractive sculpting, cylinders on the wheel, and slip decoration on a plate. Students will make about 10 projects.
Students will study historical and contemporary pottery themes, which could include techniques, artists, cultures and philosophies.
Students should be able to assess the quality of their own work and others. Students should be improving their technical skills. Students should be learning terms and vocabulary involved in Pottery.
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