Summer 2009
Slip Slidin' with Clay (Grades: 6-9)
Come explore the world of clay and spend a miraculous week rolling, pinching, pounding, and wedging clay into all sorts of shapes and forms. Learn to "drive" the potters wheel and discover how you and this spinning mechanical circle can turn lumps of mud into beautifully proportioned bowls, cups, vases and vessels. Explore a variety of hand building techniques and invent fanciful sculptural and functional pieces. Embellish the surface of your masterpieces with texture and special decorative stamps and perfect the techniques of glazing and underglazing. Be a part of a Raku firing at the end of the session and join your teammates as you compete in the Clay Olympics. Everything will be fired for you to take home. Please bring an apron or old clothes and a towel or two for clean-up. Due to time restraints, some pieces will not be fired by the end of class. Please plan to pick up additional pieces the following week.
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