Clay VocabularyPinch

• Pinch

– Forming a pot by pinching with the fingers and the thumb

Clay VocabularyTypes of clay

• Stoneware– High fire clay. Fires at 2400’

• Earthenware– Low fire clay. Fires at 1800’

Clay VocabularyBody of a Pot

BodyNeck

Foot

• Lip / Rim

– The top edge of a pot

• Foot

– The bottom of a pot

lip

Clay Vocabulary• Slip

– Clay + Water = Clay glue– Liquid Clay

• Score & Slip– Roughing up the clay and adding slip– For attaching clay together

Clay Vocabulary• Texture

– The look and feel of an object

Clay VocabularyStages of Drying

• Leather Hard– 1st stage of drying– Clay is cold, stiff, and leathery

• Greenware – Completely dry pottery (bone dry)

Greenware

Clay VocabularyFiring

• Kiln– An oven which fires clay

• Bisque ware– Fired, unglazed pottery

• Glaze– Glass-former, applied to pottery– Glaze ware

PINCH POT CREATURES

By Wanda PoweLas Cruces, NM Educator

CUT SMALL PIECE FROM CLAY FOR ADDING HEAD AND OTHER FEATURES.

FORM LARGER PIECE OF CLAY INTO A BALL BEING CAREFUL NOT TO FOLD IN. POUND CORNERS AND EGDES UNTIL RECTANGULAR PRISM FORMS INTO

OVAL FORM AND THEN GENTLY ROLL AND SQUEEZE INTO BALL.

MAKE PINCH POT KEEPING HOLE AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE.

CUT DOWN VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY (LIKE A PLUS SIGN) ABOUT ½ INCH FROM TOP THIS IS TO

FORM THE LEGS. IF YOU WANT A FROG OR FISH SKIP THIS STEP THE OPENING CAN BE THE MOUTH OF

THE FROG OR FISH.

PULL LEGS AND MAKE IT STAND.

CUT CLAY FOR HEAD, SAVING WHAT YOU NEED FOR OTHER FEATURES.

FORM HEAD AND ADD DETAILS.

SCRATCH AREAS TO BE ATTACHED AND ADD WATER. (SCRATCH AND SLIP)

ADD HEAD BY TWISTING TO GET OUT AIR BUBBLES AND SMOOTH OUT LINES.

ADD OTHER DETAILS WITH THE SAME SCRATCH AND SLIP TECHNIQUE AND PINCHING AND PULLING.

DRY AND FIRE!

FINISHED PROJECTS