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introduction to ceramics
- 1. (Amazing) Properties ofClay: - Malleable – can be readily formed when wet - Sticks to itself – one piece of clay can be attached to another by merely pressing - Wet clay can hold water – for instance could be used to ‘waterproof’ a woven basket for transporting water -Dry clay slakes back to wet clay if placed in water (if you don’t like something you’ve made, you can ‘reclaim’ the clay and use it again) -Undergoes a change at the molecular level when heat is applied in an even and consistent way, and becomes a permanent, archival material.
- 2. Some Forming Methods: Pinching– the most basic way of making something with clay, whereby you simply apply pressure with your fingers to form an object Coiling - coils of clay are rolled and then joined together to make an object Soft Slab – clay is rolled into slabs and immediately made into an object while the slabs are still malleable Stiff Slab – clay is rolled into slabs and allowed to dry until they holds their shape, and then joined together Throwing – clay is ‘thrown’ on the potter’s wheel Slip Casting – plaster molds are made from an object and copies of the object are made using the molds and slip, which is liquid clay Most people make work using a combination of these methods and more.
- 3. Pieces made fromPinching… The hands of Shar Shk Buk
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- 5. Eight Point KeeperSusan Kennedy 2011
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- 7. James Lobb AsclepiaFruit Bowl
- 8. Pieces made fromCoiling…
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- 11. Pieces made froma combination of pinching and coiling… the hands of Billy Ray Mangham
- 12. Jerilyn Virden AmberFold 1
- 13. Requisite Swell ErinFurimsky
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- 19. Contemporary Yixing SwanTeapot & Cups
- 20. Pieces made fromstiff slabs… Heather Anderson’s Hands
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- 22. Cynthia Guarjardo Birdsand Bees Box
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- 31. Thrown and alteredand thrown & handbuilt combined…
- 32. Kristen Kieffer CorsetSeries Vessel
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- 34. Deborah Schwatzkopf OilPourer
- 35. Auntie Myrtle –a covered dish Annie Chrietzberg 2007
- 36. Dan Anderson ChicagoWater Tower Tea Set
- 37. Shoshona Snow Salt& Pepper
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- 41. Pieces with illustratedsurfaces
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