Beginning Ceramics: Day 4

The students were in the transition stage of finishing an old and starting a new project... This class is ahead of the other beginning classes and all of the students finished their rattle heads. After the students worked on their artist reports Ms. Wager taught the students about the wonderful world of GLAZING!  She taught the students this because their pinch-pot projects were freshly fired in the kiln and they are ready to the final stage of glazing.

To the right is a picture of the students pinch pots! I'm in the midst of my own pinch pot project and it is a challenging activity.  Molding clay as you desire is already difficult as it is.  In addition to molding clay you are also in a battle against gravity.  While attaching my pinch pots to each other they kept on falling off and squishing together.  During this project I truly learned the importance of having patience in terms of waiting for the clay to harden in order for it to keep its shape.  This project is great because it teaches students how to work the material while also respecting a scientific concept (gravity) with their project.