Name:________________________________

Date:____________

Words/Things to Know
Wet Clay:

Leather Hard:

Bone Dry:

Greenware:

Bisqueware:

Glazeware:

Tooth:

Fat:

Plastic:

Short:
Earthenware:

Stoneware:

Kiln:

Cone:

Glaze:

Pyrometric Scale: (Please draw and fill in the scale)

014

04

5-6

14
What stage is my clay?
Wet Clay
How does it feel?

How does it look?

What can I do with it?

Leatherhard
How does it feel?

How does it look?

What can I do with it?

Bone Dry
How does it feel?

How does it look?

What can I do with it?

Greenware
How does it feel?

How does it look?

What can I do with it?

Bisqueware

How does it feel?

How does it look?

What can I do with it?

Glazeware
How does it feel?

How does it look?

What can I do with it?

Handbuilding Techniques
Use this space to draw, list, explain, or plan.
Pinch Form:

CoilForm:

Slab Form:

Soft Slab

Hard Slab

Wheel Throwing
Tools :How is each tool used?
-Needle Tool
-Sponge
-Water Bucket
-Wire Tool
-Hand Towel
-Modeling Tool
-Ribbon/loop Tools
-Rib Tools
*Prepare: Wedge clay 40 x
1. Throw clay on wheel
2. Seal clay down
3. Center clay
4. Sink well
5. Open well
6. Create groove
7. Pull or lift groove
6

8. Compress
9. Repeat 6-8 twice more
10.

Shape

*Steps by Chris Thomson

Kilns and Glazing

Natural Gas Kiln:

Electric Kiln:

Reduction Fire:

Oxidation Fire:

How do you load a kiln?:

Why do we glaze?:

What are different ways to glaze?:

What are some types of glaze?:

Vessel and YOU
What is a vessel? In what way can a vessel be used?

What handbuilding techniques will you use to create your vessel?

Use this space to plan your vessel

Title of Piece: