Ceramics
Mrs. Rogers Art 1
Pinch Pots
2) Turn the piece as you
pinch. This will help you
to keep an even thickness
in the walls of the piece.
1) Begin with a ball of
clay. Push your thumb into
the center. Then pinch up
the walls.
3) Gently pat the bottom on a
flat surface to create a flat spot
on the bottom of the piece.
For strength, force the
Coil Pots clay together on the
inside of the piece. Use
you finger and scrape the
top coil onto the coil
under it.
When smoothing the
inside of the piece hold
you other hand on the
outside so you do not
When hand rolling coils, use a smooth surface and damage what you have
spreading your hands to apply even pressure. already completed.
If you want the top
level, gently turn your
piece over and lightly
tap it on a smooth
surface.
Roll the coils so that they are a little
thicker than a pencil.Then stack the coils
one on top of another.
Native American Pottery
Maria Martinez – Indian Potter
Coil Pots – Applied Slip Decoration
Slab Building
Clay Plate - Slab
Slab Bowl
Slip Application/Wax Resist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2pRlOm4L_Q
Stamp Decoration
http://www.ceramicartsdaily.org/feature/featuredetail/200
8-12/linocuts.aspx
http://www.ceramicartsdaily.org/feature/featuredetail/200
8-10/videopetersstampedcup.aspx
Chimu Culture Pottery
Roman Coins (Clay)
Oriental Bowl
Tea Bowls
Tea bowls are used in ritualistic tea ceremonies.
Tea Bowls
Some have symbolic images painted or impressed onto the
clay body.
Tea Bowl Ceremony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony#His
tory
Symbols for Meaning
www.symbols.com
http://www.umcs.org/chrismons/patterns/index.htm
http://www.world-flags-symbols.com/
http://www.ancient-symbols.com/alchemy_symbols.html
You will have an opportunity to look for symbols to use on
your tea bowl. These symbols can make the tea bowl more
visually interesting, but more importantly the symbols will
make the bowl more personally rewarding and memorable
for you as a creative assignment.
Some symbol research websites are above as hyperlinks.
Please remember to use symbols that are school appropriate.
Planning Your Tea Bowl
Plan with sketches and words.
Please list step by step process
Please list what you would like to symbolize and how you
plan to do it
A Picture is
worth a 1000
Words
Please use words to explain details also.
Example Plan
(Seth Hampson)
Example Plan
(Megan Mcandlish)
Last Year’s Tea Celebration
What a
dork!
Last year’s Tea Celebration
Tea Bowls
Tea Bowl
Tea Bowl
It is functional.
See I can drink out of it.