Give each student: 1 piece of clay Give each table : Canvas cover Clay tools (plastic knife and fork) Water In part 2: Paint in small quantities at each table (Note we are painting NOT glazing to avoid re firing) Paint brush Docent Setup List: Docent Clean up List: Make sure names are on back of clay Place completed in the clay drying blue trays and leave along back of room to dry. Wipe down tables, refill any items and return to bins as you found them – thanks for doing this and leading the lesson! Clay coil pots

Lesson 9 – Third Grade Clay Coil Pots

Today’s Lesson Today is a ceramic art lesson you are going to create your own clay coil pot. In part 2, you will paint your coil pot. Skill Development: An opportunity to use a new material clay, build texture and create a three-dimensional form. To build upon the different methods of molding clay, in this case creating coils and form sculpting using scoring as a joining technique. Clay coil pots

Forming (i.e. shaping) Firing (baking in a kiln) Glazing/decorating (coating the object with a glaze, or applying to it various decorative techniques) Refiring (rebaking) to harden the glaze. What is Ceramic Art? Known as an important art ‘ceramics’ (derived from Keramos, Greek for potters clay) refers to items made from clay bodies and fired in a kiln (or oven) to obtain the finished art form. It requires a 4 step creative process of: Clay coil pots

Pottery is our oldest handicraft. Fired clay is one of the few materials on earth that does not change with time, and clay has always been an abundant resource. Why is clay so important? Clay coil pots The earliest function of clay was to line baskets as a way to waterproof them. Baskets were often used to carry water to crops, and the clay lining prevented leakage.

History of Clay Pot Making Because these early pinch pots could only carry small amounts of water and food, the next stage in the history of pot making was coil pots. People began to make their pinch pots bigger by adding on coils of clay to the rims of the pots. Clay coil pots Chinese Pottery

Greek Red-Figure Style Pottery. Coiling is the process of snaking a length of clay in circles one on top of the other until you build the wall of the pot. Greek potters produced a wide range of ancient pottery in all shapes and sizes. They decorated it with abstract, historical and mythological designs. Clay coil pots

Examples of Ceramic coiled vessels Clay coil pots

Let’s get started.. Supplies Needed for Part One: Canvas mat 1 ball of clay Plastic knife Plastic fork Water pot Cocktail stick (to write name / class#) Clay coil pots

Process (Part one): 1.Using clay, gently drop it a couple of times to remove any air bubbles. 2.Tear off a section from your clay ball 3.Using you palm, flatten the clay and using your knife cut a circle (does not need to be exact) 4.Tear another piece of clay and roll into a coil (or snake). 5.Score your clay base with your fork, and repeat on coil. 6.Using a small amount of water, run your fingertip around base. Carefully add your coil (the score should be on bottom) 7.Repeat until your pot is 4 coils high. 8.Using water you can smooth the coils, not too much!!

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Let’s get started.. Supplies Needed for Part two: Paint Paint brush Clay pencil Clay coil pots

What happened since last lesson: The clay pots were left to completely dry before firing. If it is not dry it will crack when fired They were then Fired in the Kiln so the clay will not soften up with water. Today we are going to paint our clay coil pots! Use your imagination, maybe paint in a complementary color to your bedroom? Process (Part two): Clay coil pots

LESSON PLAN ADAPTED FROM YOU TUBE By Tara Button March 2016 Docents – here is a simple and perfect lesson on YouTube … highly recommend you watch.