Sandburg High School
ART DEPARTMENT
Welcome 2 Clay
Welcome to my online clay place!
This page acts as something like a timeline, scroll down to see where we're at.
Each box is a unit, projects are turned in to the Unit Archive.
Yo!
Elements & Principles
Thumbnail Sketching
Brainstorming with TimSee
Great Clayucational Sources-
Course Project Outline:
McCabe's
Unit 1:
Stamp Making- Carved Initials
Students will plan, shape, and carve their initials into clay making a tool which they will USE sign their pottery.
Project Videos:
Check this in for Credit
Part 1
Part 2
Students will learn 3D softwares to design and produce an
object via 3D printers.
Bonus! If you'd like...
Unit 2:
Students will learn how to use the slab roller & prep slabbed clay.
Students will then learn how to “pull” a handle and attach it to their cylinder body to make a mug form.
Project Video Demos:
-Seamless Joint
Part 1: Collecting Parts
-Pulled Handles
-making an easy handle
Part 2: Assembling!
Part 3: Cleaning & Finishing
Unit 3:
Press Mold- Tea Pot
Students will use a "preformed bowl" as a mold to form the two halves of their TeaPot.
Students will Collect the many parts needed to then Assemble their TeaPot.
TeaPot Rubric
Press Mold TeaPot BODY Videos:
4. TEA POT Assembly
TeaPot Lid Videos:
1. Collect LID Parts
2. How to Make Spouts
Unit 4:
Students will learn 3D softwares to design and produce an object via 3D printers.
Unit 5:
What goes better with RAKU than TIKI!?!
-Students will construct artworks using a specific RAKU clay body (High Grog) to make work for the RAKU firing process.
-Students will use subtractive & additive techniques in forming their work for this piece.
Other Decorating Techniques...
Unit 6:
Glazing- “What is glaze?”
Glaze is a clay blend, more similar to glass than clay, which is added to the surface of a (bisque fired) constructed form, fired in the kiln, and fused to the form.
Unit 7:
Students will learn how to break down the facial features into manageable, sculptable parts.
Project Videos:
1. Parts & Dents 2. Assembly 3. Nose!
4. Lips 5. Eyes 6.Ears 7. Extras
Unit 8:
Coil Pot- Historic Form
After looking at examples of historical pottery, students will research & choose a dynamic form to use as inspiration and reference in building a Coil Pot.
Project Videos:
Clay Sources in the Chicagoland Area!
In our studio, here at Sandburg, we use
Standard Clay, white stoneware, #240, ^6
We purchase our clay from:
This is my buddy Carl Mankert who does our equipment repair. He's a great resource for answering general clay questions, making connections to people and equipment, and generally knows everything!