Hand-building Activities
for
Saturday Morning Classes and CLAY PARTY groups
FOR CLAY PARTY participants:
CLAY PARTY activities are for the group to decide, but best use of the teacher's time is to focus on one idea at a time, unless your group knows what they want to do and can do it without the help of the teacher.
Tea Party!
Each participant will make a teapot and a set of small cups, using slabs and pinch construction. Empty Bowls
Each participant will create a set of bowls using slab techniques. Emphasis will be on creating a design that will carry through on all of the items in the set. Participants will have the option of donating a bowl to the Empty Bowls project. Easter Baskets
Each participant will make a clay basket with a handle and use two different techniques to decorate the basket--carving into the clay and/or adding clay designs on top of the basket's surface. Animal Diorama
Each participant will create an animal sculpture, either real or imaginary, using a variety of techniques. Finished pieces will be glazed with realistic and/or bright colors. |
Mugs
Each participant will create a set of mugs using slab techniques. Emphasis will be on creating a design that will carry through on all of the items in the set. Plates
Each participant will create a set of plates using slab techniques. Emphasis will be on creating a design that will carry through on all of the items in the set. Tiles
Each participant will make a set of tiles that will be decorated using a variety of carving and/or embossing techniques. Tiles need to dry very slowly to insure that they do not crack, so finished pieces will not be fired for 3-4 weeks after the class. Pet Dish
Each participant will make a water and/or food dish for their pet, using hard and/or soft slab techniques. |
Butter Dish
This class is for advanced students, ages 9 and up. Each participant will make a lidded butter dish using hard and/or soft slab techniques. . Bread Pan
This class is for advanced students, ages 9 and up. Each participant will make a bread pan using hard and/or soft slab techniques. There will be a sampling available of bread made in a call bread pan as well as recipes for making your own bread. Magic Boxes
This class is for advanced students, ages 9 and up. Each participant will make at least 2 small lidded boxes using hard and/or soft slab techniques. . Whistles
This class is for advanced students, ages 9 and up. Each participant will make a whistle, hopefully one that really works! If time permits, we will add holes and create a simple scale. |