Clay Books - Out of the Bisque!

Ready for paint!

Clay Books - In Progress

[rolling slabs]

[hollowing the book]

[a burnt copy of Fahrenheit 451]

Clay Books - Teacher Example

Remember the Lord of the Flies book that Stephen was working on earlier this semester? It's done! Students will begin applying acrylic paint to their ceramic books right after the holiday break.

Animal Pinch-Pots

For this assignment, students had to create "eggish" animal figurines using a new hand-building technique: pinch-pots.

Each student made two of these pinch-pots, fused them together at the rims, and used the resulting egg shape to build an animal of their choosing.

The animals are representative of a characteristic that the student either strongly admires or dislikes. Here are some of the finished pieces, fresh out of the glaze kiln:

Textural Vases

Here's the assignment sheet:

Here are a few images from our Textural Vases project:

Wedging (Again)

Here's a quick video on wedging that might be helpful:



[click image to follow link > YouTube]

Things to Remember, Pt.1

"Judge a Book" Assignment Sheet

"Judge a Book" Teacher Example

Here's Stephen's "Lord of the Flies" book-in-progress:

Parts of a Book

"Wordle" is a great website used to make "beautiful word clouds." It's a great way to organize lists visually. The more a word is entered into the generator, the larger it will appear in the final composition.

Parts of a Book:
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1277289/Parts_of_a_Book

Blog Launched!

This blog will chronicle the works and activities of the Essex High School Clay 1 class.
We will be posting assignment sheets, class reminders, and photos of our finished projects.
Enjoy!