BEGINNING CERAMICS

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BEGINNING CERAMICS

• Pinch Pots

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TEA POTS
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PINCH POTS W/LIDS
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SMALL JARS
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JAR WITH LID
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BOTTLES
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BOWL
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JAR W/LID
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Sketch 5 each Make each one different.1. Jars
w/lids legs 2. Bottles w/lids legs3.
Bowls w/legs4. Tea pots w/ legs5. Plates
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Begin with a ball of clay. Push your thumb into
the center. Then pinch up the walls. (Turn the
piece as you pinch)
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Turn the piece as you pinch. This will help you
to keep an even thickness in the walls of the
piece.
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Gently pat the bottom on a flat surface to create
a flat spot on the bottom of the piece.
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After you take a look at the examples above,
follow along to practice making pinch pots or if
you are doing this on your own, go to the
resources page to link to how-to pages. Your
first project will be a pinch pot vase. To do
this, form two pinch pots about the same size and
join them together by scoring and slipping them.
Smooth the edges so that you cannot see the
transition.
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• Next, cut a hole where you want to add a neck. if
  the clay is still soft, you can simply add a coil
  here for your neck. If it is leather hard, you
  will need to score and slip that area before
  adding a coil.

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Set your vase on the table. Look at it from all
sides. The next step is to add a foot to it. Look
at some pictures of different types of vases.
What should your foot look like? It can be wide
or narrow, flaring or straight, short or tall.
Make a decision and add your foot.
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• Designs The type of design that we will add to
  this pot is and impressed design. It is very much
  like what is called stamping. An item is pressed
  into the clay to make a mark as opposed to being
  dragged or scratched. Using the top or bottom of
  a paper or plastic cup to define your shapes,
  impress an oval or circle into two opposing sides
  of your vase. Next, find any firm object to
  impress designs into the shapes. Create a pattern
  through repetition.

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GRADING

• Pinch Pot Vase Rubric see handout
• Use the rubric to see the expectations for each
  vase. You should make at least ten thumbnail
  sketches of different types of pinch pots before
  you start.