The document provides an overview of the ceramic making process, from working with wet clay and forming techniques like pinch pots and coil building, to firing the pieces in the bisque and glaze stages. Various forming methods like pinch pots, coil building, and slab construction are described and examples are given of ceramic artists' works. The stages of clay such as leather hard and greenware are defined to explain the ceramic creation process.

1. Ceramics-
Brief
Intro

2. Ceramics versus Pottery
What is the difference between
a ceramicist and a potter?
Eva Hild, (1966-) Ceramic artist, Sweden.
Potter in Afghanistan, early 1970s

3. Clay Stages
• 1. Wet clay

4. Clay Stages
• 1. Wet clay
• 2. Leatherhard

5. Clay Stages
• 1. Wet clay
• 2. Leatherhard
• 3. Greenware
(must be bone dry)

6. Clay Stages
• 1. Wet clay
• 2. Leatherhard
• 3. Greenware
• 4. Bisqueware

7. Clay Stages
• 1. Wet clay
• 2. Leatherhard
• 3. Greenware
• 4. Bisqueware
• 5. Glazeware

8. Joining Clay Pieces
1. Score: Tiny lines! 2. Slip: Liquid Clay
3. Press together &
Smooth edges.

9. WATCH! It’s so cool!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=i5iPt-2s_uM

10. Forming methods
• Pinchpot
• Inserting the thumb
of one hand into
the clay and lightly
pinching with the
thumb and fingers
• Slowly rotating the
ball in the palm of
the other hand.

11. Let’s Watch how to make a pinch pot!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS7M77pDuYg

12. Forming methods
• Pinchpot
• Coil
• Rolling out coils,
or ropes, of clay
and joining them
together with the
fingers or a tool.

13. -Roll the coils so
that they are a
little thicker than
a pencil.
-Then stack the
coils one on top
of another.

14. Let’s watch a video on Coil!
• http://www.yout
ube.com/watch?
v=bRPookbxzhI

15. Forming methods
• Pinchpot
• Coil
• Slab

16. What do you have
to do to the walls
before attaching?

17. How to start a slab box
• http://www.youtube
.com/watch?
v=ERMvSHB9xHg

18. Finishing the Ceramic Creation
• Smoothing the
walls of the piece
with a sponge or
just your hands.

19. Finishing the Ceramic Creation
• Adding Details while
the clay is still wet!
• Never work with clay
that is dry! It is very
toxic and the dust
should never be
inhaled!
• This is why we must
clean really well!!

20. Finishing the Ceramic Creation
• Painting Bisqueware
with acrylics or glaze.