Raise your hand if you have ever heard of a clay whistle or an Ocarina?

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Raise your hand if you have ever heard of a clay
whistle or an Ocarina?
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Clay Whistles Ocarinas
(An Ocarina is a whistles with more than one hole
like the one below.)
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Clay Whistles Ocarinas

• Today we will
• Learn some facts about clay whistles
• Look at clay whistles from all over the world
• Familiarize ourselves with clay tools
• Choose a design for our clay whistles
• Next time we will
• Begin to build our whistles
• Design our clay whistles into animals

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Clay Whistles Ocarinas

• Here is a website that has pictures of clay
  whistles dating back to 6000 years ago, and
  examples of whistles from all around the world
• http//www.sifflets-en-terre-cuite.org/HtmlE/Plan.
  html
• This one is
• from France!
• Does anyone
• speak French?

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Clay Whistles Ocarinas

• These crafted musical instruments are found all
  over the world.
• This one is from Peru in South America on the
  Pacific Ocean.
• To see more Peruvian Whistles click
• http//www.lallamaplace.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc
  ?
• To see a map click http//www.lonelyplanet.com/ma
  pshells/south_america/peru/peru.htm

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Clay Whistles Ocarinas

• Here is a funny Whistle that was made by K.
  Dunster in the United States. She also made the
  bronze glazed Ocarina. Her web site is
• http//www.dunster.com/ocarinas.htm

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Clay Whistles Ocarinas

• Before we get started on our whistles, I want you
  to familiarize yourself with the clay and the
  tools we are going to be using.
• Follow the clay worksheet, and experiment on your
  own.

• Be thinking about what kind of design or animal
  you would like your whistle to resemble.

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How to make a clay whistle

• I found a great web site showing the steps to
  make the whistle.
• It is
• http//www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/Files/whistl
  e.htmJustin

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Clay Whistles Ocarinas

• Your whistle must be an animal real or imagined
• Your whistle must have at least 2 textures
• Your whistle must be complete by Friday!

• If your whistle works and you finish early,
  please help other students who are having trouble.

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Resources

• http//www.dunster.com/ocarinas.htm
• http//www.lallamaplace.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc
  ?
• http//www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2525/wh
  istles/whistle.html?200410
• http//www.sifflets-en-terre-cuite.org/HtmlE/Plan.
  html
• http//www.lonelyplanet.com/mapshells/south_americ
  a/peru/peru.htm
• http//www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/Files/whistl
  e.htmJustin