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

3. Preparing your clay for sculpting
Wedging removes air pockets

4. Tools
Anything will work!

5. Methods of sculpting with Clay
Pinch Pots or Modeling with clay
Coil Building
Slab and Slip Methods
Throwing on the wheel

6. Modeling clay into a pinch pot.
Start with a ball.
Push thumb into center.
Pinch from bottom upward.
Shape and smooth for finished pot.
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7. Modeling clay using coil method
Roll clay into coils or “wormies”
Attach using the slip and score method
Rolling spirals
Spheres or Disc shapes
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8. Sculpting with the Slab Method
Flatten clay
Roll and cut to size
Score and Slip
Join and reinforce
Smooth with tools
Finish and repeat
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9. Student Projects

10. 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?

11. Lets Play Jeopardy!

12. Methods
Heat it Up!
Getting Dirty
Miscellaneous
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Tally Scores

13. Rolling clay into thin and long pieces to sculpt.

14. What is coil method.

15. The process of baking your clay.

16. What is firing?

17. This is a technique to create a rough surface not gain points in clay modeling.

18. What is scoring?

19. Clay that is fired once.

20. What is bisque?

21. Using flat sheets of clay to build a sculpture.

22. What is the slab method?

23. This furnace is used to bake ceramic or clay projects?

24. What is a kiln?

25. The stage your clay is at when you can no longer add but still ‘carve’ into the surface.

26. What is leather hard?

27. Projects that are bone dry.

28. What is greenware?

29. This method you use your thumb to begin sculpting.

30. What is the pinch pot method?

31. The temperature at which the kiln can reach.

32. What is 1800°?

33. Working your clay to remove all air pockets or work water into.

34. What is wedging?

35. The method of working on the wheel with clay.

36. What is the throwing method?

38. All images created by Victoria L. Magee
Resources:
Jeopardy template -
Jeopardy wav file -
All images created by Victoria L. Magee
Artwork examples created by Lena School District Students