{Ceramics 2}

Houses must be completed by Monday, 

February 3rd.  We will be having a critique on that day for your houses.  If you need to stay after school, please speak with me to schedule after school studio time.

{Ceramics 1}

Objectives for today:

1. Take Ceramics Test.
2. When you have finished test, you may glaze pottery and/or clean out your Ceramics locker.

Tomorrow and Wednesday...and off and on until the Semester ends...

.....we will be cleaning!  You will get class participation points for participating in Studio Maintenance.  Please bring clothes and shoes that you feel comfortable getting dirty in.

{Ceramics 1}

January 24, 2014

Next Monday, January 27th, is the date of your Ceramics Test.  If we have another snow day, it will be on Tuesday, January 28th.  You have received a study guide for this test.  Let me know, if you have lost it.

 

Objectives:

  1.  Finishing touches on pots: burnish, etch or carve.  No improvements that involve new clay or slip.  Friday is the last day for clay touch ups.

  2.  Glaze pottery.

  3.  Work on Study Guide. 

4. Review Study Guide as a class on Thursday and Friday.

{Ceramics 2}

No more work with wet clay.  If your house is out of the kiln, begin painting: You are on a time crunch.  If your house, is not out of the kiln, glaze pottery that you have sitting out.

  If you are painting, focus on layering colors when you are painting.  Layer darker colors first and layer lighter colors over it.  You'll be happier with your results if you layer--using one flat color will look flat and uninteresting.

{Ceramics 1} 1/23/13

Next Monday, January 27th, is the date of your Ceramics Test.  If we have another snow day, it will be on Tuesday, January 28th.  You have received a study guide for this test.  Let me know, if you have lost it.

 

Objectives:

  1.  Finishing touches on pots: burnish, etch or carve.  No            improvements that involve new clay or

        slip.

  2.  Glaze pottery.

  3.  Work on Study Guide. 

4. Review Study Guide as a class on Thursday and Friday.

{Ceramics 2}

Houses should be completed by end of class, today.  If you are painting, focus on layering colors when you are painting.  Layer darker colors first and layer lighter colors over it.  You'll be happier with your results if you layer--using one flat color will look flat and uninteresting.

{Ceramics 1}

  TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO WORK WITH WET CLAY! 

Next week, you may burnish, glaze, work on study guide, and various studio maintenance activities.

Next Friday, January 31st, is the date of your Ceramics Test.  You have received a study guide for this test.

Objectives:

  1.  Recycle clay, if needed.
   2.  Continue working on combination pot:

                1.  7 inches tall 

                2.  incorporate coil and/or slab TO PINCH POT.

                3.  should show 2 out of this list:

                     1. relief

                     2. etching

                     3. carving

                     4. texture

   3.  Finish up any other pots that need to be
        turned in by the end of the Quarter: Tripod
       Pot, Coil Pot, Slab Box, and Combination
       Pot. 

   4.  Wheel experience. 

   5.  Work on Study Guide if all other projects are completed.

{Ceramics 1} 1/16/2014

{Ceramics 1}

{Ceramics 1}

Wheel (Thursday):

Block 3/4--Courtney

Block 9/10--Hunter, Pierre, Tam, Shakira

 

LAST DAY TO WORK WITH WET CLAY IS *TOMORROW*, JANUARY 17TH!!!  IF YOU NEED TO STAY AFTER SCHOOL TO FINISH PROJECTS, PLEASE SEE ME.

Objectives:

  1.  Recycle clay, if needed.
   2.  Continue working on combination pot:

                1.  7 inches tall 

                2.  incorporate coil and/or slab to pinch pot.

                3.  should show 2 out of this list:

                     1. relief

                     2. etching

                     3. carving

                     4. texture

   3.  Finish up any other pots that need to be
        turned in by the end of the Quarter: Tripod
       Pot, Coil Pot, Slab Box, and Combination
       Pot. 

   4.  Wheel experience.

{Ceramics 2}

{Ceramics 2}

Houses should be completed at the latest by Friday.  If you are painting, focus on layering colors when you are painting.  Layer darker colors first and layer lighter colors over it.

{Ceramics 1} 1/14/2014

{Ceramics 1}

Wheel (Monday, Tuesday):

Block 3/4--Josh, Amanda, Courtney, Rob, Alisha

Block 9/10--Julia, Hunter, Christina, McKella, Brandon, LaQuan 

 

LAST DAY TO WORK WITH WET CLAY IS *THIS FRIDAY*, JANUARY 17TH!!!  IF YOU NEED TO STAY AFTER SCHOOL TO FINISH PROJECTS, PLEASE SEE ME.

Objectives:

  1.  Recycle clay, if needed.
   2.  Continue working on combination pot:

                1.  7 inches tall 

                2.  incorporate coil and/or slab to pinch pot.

                3.  should show 2 out of this list:

                     1. relief

                     2. etching

                     3. carving

                     4. texture

   3.  Finish up any other pots that need to be
        turned in by the end of the Quarter: Tripod
       Pot, Coil Pot, Slab Box, and Combination
       Pot. 

   4.  Wheel experience.

{Ceramics 1} 1/13/2014

{Ceramics 1}

Wheel (Monday, Tuesday):

Block 3/4--Josh, Amanda, Courtney, Rob, Alisha

Block 9/10--Julia, Hunter, Christina, McKella, Brandon, LaQuan

LAST DAY TO WORK WITH WET CLAY IS THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 17TH!!!  IF YOU NEED TO STAY AFTER SCHOOL TO FINISH PROJECTS, PLEASE SEE ME.

Objectives:

  1.  Recycle clay, if needed.
   2.  Continue working on combination pot:

                1.  7 inches tall 

                2. incorporate coil and/or slab to pinch pot.

                3.  should show 2 out of this list:

                 1. relief

                 2. etching

                 3. carving

                 4. texture

   3.  Finish up any other pots that need to be
        turned in by the end of the Quarter: Tripod
       Pot, Coil Pot, Slab Box, and Combination
       Pot. 

   4.  Wheel experience.

{Ceramics 1} 1/10/14

{Ceramics 1}

Wheel: (Thursday, Friday)  

Block 3/4:  Nia, Brian, Cindy, Amy

Block 9/10: Keyon, Sagarkumar, Terrell, Martina 

No focus or closure: Happy Friday!

 

Objectives:

  1.  Recycle clay, if needed.
   2.  Continue working on combination pot:

                1.  7 inches tall 

                2. incorporate coil and/or slab to pinch pot.

                3.  should show 2 out of this list:

                 1. relief

                 2. etching

                 3. carving

                 4. texture

   3.  Finish up any other pots that need to be
        turned in by the end of the Quarter: Tripod
       Pot, Coil Pot, Slab Box, and Combination
       Pot. 

   4.  Wheel experience.

{Ceramics 1} 1/9/14

January 9, 2014

Wheel: (Thursday, Friday)  

Block 3/4:  Nia, Brian, Cindy, Amy

Block 9/10: Keyon, Sagarkumar, Terrell, Martina 

 

Focus:  What are the terms of creating hatch marks on the clay and use a clay glue to help adhere it to another piece of clay... 
Hint: S_ _ _ _ & S _ _ _

Objectives:  All Projects are due January 17th,  (next friday).

   1.  Recycle clay, if needed.
   2.  Continue working on combination pot:

                1.  7 inches tall 

                2. incorporate coil and/or slab to pinch pot.

                3.  should show 2 out of this list:

                 1. relief

                 2. etching

                 3. carving

                 4. texture

   3.  Finish up any other pots that need to be
        turned in by the end of the Quarter: Tripod
       Pot, Coil Pot, Slab Box, and Combination
       Pot. 

   4.  Wheel experience. 

 

Closure: Make sure tables are clean and tools neatly put away.

{Ceramics 1} 1/8/14

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Wheel: (Thursday, Friday)  

 Block 3/4:  Nia, Brian, Cindy, Amy

Block 9/10: Keyon, Sagarkumar, Terrell, Martina

 Focus:  What are the purposes of a rib? There is more than one.

 Objectives:  All Projects are due January 17th,  (next friday).

   1.  Recycle clay, if needed.
   2.  Continue working on combination pot:

                1.  7 inches tall 

                2. incorporate coil and/or slab to pinch pot.

                3.  should show 2 out of this list:

                 1. relief

                 2. etching

                 3. carving

                 4. texture

   3.  Finish up any other pots that need to be
        turned in by the end of the Quarter: Tripod
       Pot, Coil Pot, Slab Box, and Combination
       Pot. 

   4.  Wheel experience.

Closure: Please clean tables and put away all tools neatly.

{Ceramics 2} Week of 1/6/14

{Ceramics 2}

Continue working on Slab Houses...I would like to have some of them ready to fire by this week.

{Ceramics 1} 1/6/13

{Ceramics 1}

Focus:  When critiquing a clay vessel (a pot), what are some qualities you would look for in a pot that meets Ceramics 1 expectations?

Wheel: (Thursday, Monday)
Block 3/4: Neil, Annie, Madison, and Olivia
Block 9/10:  Amiel, Jazmine, Martina, and Marcus

Wednesday, Thursday:  

 Block 3/4:  Nia, Brian, Cindy, Amy

Wednesday:  

Block 9/10: Pierre, Shakira, Tam

Objectives:
* Combination pot: Due January 17th (NEXT FRIDAY!!)
* Recycle clay, if needed
* If finished with all projects, complete an extra credit assignment using a hand building method of your choice.
* Wheel work

Closure: Make sure your area and table are neat and clean!

{Ceramics 2} Week of January 2, 2014

{Ceramics 2}

Happy New Year!  Welcome back.

Continue working on Slab Houses...I would like to have some of them ready to fire by next week.

{Ceramics 1} Thursday, January 2, 2014

{Ceramics 1}

Happy New Year!  Welcome back.

Wheel: (Thursday, Friday, Monday) *If we do not have school tomorrow, it will be Thursday, Monday, and Tuesday.
Block 3/4: Neil, Annie, Madison, and Olivia
Block 9/10:  Amiel, Jazmine, Martina, and Marcus

You have 2 weeks left to work with wet clay--January 14th is the last day!

Focus: Which clay stage retains the most moisture?  Bone dry, Plastic, Leather hard.

Objectives:
   1.  Recycle clay, if needed.
   2.  Continue working on combination pot:

                1.  7 inches tall 

                2. incorporate coil and/or slab to pinch pot.

                3.  should show 2 out of this list:

                 1. relief

                 2. etching

                 3. carving

                 4. texture

   3.  Finish up any other pots that need to be 
        turned in by the end of the Quarter: Tripod
       Pot, Coil Pot, Slab Box, and Combination
       Pot.

Closure: What is the purpose of the foot of the pot?