Most of November we worked on pottery. We learned a lot about the art and made many pieces. Clay is formed from erosion of rocks silicates.The clay and pottery stages were the wet clay (most workable), leather hard (cannot bend but can attach), bone dry, bisque (fired in kiln, no longer clay), then glazed. We also learned that workability depends on plasticity which is affected by the amount of moisture in the clay. We also and to keep in mind of some rules. One being that soft clay cannot be attached to hard clay. Must use the score and slip method to attach wet clay pieces. Clay cannot be thicker than 1”. Unnatural bending results in cracks when drying. Must keep clay covered if still working on it. Lastly, clay shrinks when it dries. When making the pieces we had a lot of freedom to do what we wanted and make original pieces. We were given the opportunity to make mugs with faces ad everyone made different things and made them original. Lastly we developed a lot of skills because we learned to make a pinch pot, a plate, a mug and coasters.
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