Ceramics (3D Art)

This will be a tutorial on how to make a few different pots in 3D arts class.

How To Wedge Clay

This is the cylinder wedge method, this is one of the easier ways to wedge clay.

Wedging clay is an important step before you start to working with the clay, When wedging the clay you will remove air pockets.

Step 1: Begin with a ball of clay that is the right size for what you want to make.

Step 2: Put your clay on your canvas surface an place a hand on each side of the ball of clay push down on the clay in a downward, slightly inward and away from you motion.

Step 3: pull the clay back towards you, so that it raises up on the newly created edge.

Step 4: repeat about 20 to 50 times to get all the air pockets out.

Pinch Pot

Begin with a ball of clay. 

Push your thumb into the middle. 

Then pinch around the walls.

Turn the piece as you pinch.

Then you make a flat bottom for it can sit without tipping.

Slab Pot

First you should grab some clay.Than flatten it as much as you can.

Then you get two rulers and a rolling pin and roll it out for its all even.

Then you cut it out to what you like.

Make sure all the side are even.

Let the pot dry out to leather hard.

Scratch all the edge you joining together, then you put slip on top of the scratches, then you put it together.

Now you can smooth it out and add handles or what ever you want.

Coil Pot

Make the bottom how ever big you want to make it.

Then you start off by rolling your clay out into a coil.

After your all done rolling out your coils start scratching and slipping the coils around what ever base you decided to make.

When doing a coil pot you can change the way its going to look by moving the coil closer to the edge. That will make it bigger, or you can make it smaller by putting it closer to the inside of the pot.

Keep on doing the same process in till you think it’s the right size.

Pressed Coil Pot

You start off by rolling coils or what ever design you want to do.

Then you roll a few long coils and put them around the smaller coils.

Now you join them together by adding clay and smoothing it out.

Take the bottom that you made for you pot and join them together with slip. Make sure you scratch the surface.

Now all you have to do is do the final touches.

Resources

Thanks for the Info…..

http://www.jhpottery.com/jhpottery.html

•Created by Joshua Watson