Dec 13th

Lets critique our trivets and get back to our cube!

Dec 12th

Lets re-cap Butt and Mitered joints.

Dec 6th & 7th

Lets begin our cube!

Dec 5th

Lets finish up those trivets and begin our cube!

Nov 29th & 30th

Lets stain our trivets and then begin designing our sgraffito/wax resist project.

Nov 28th

Welcome back! Lets recap stain and apply it to our first trivet!

Nov 17 & 18

Lets finish our trivets and learn how to apply stain to our projects. 

Nov 15th & 16th

Lets finish our textured trivet. All steps will be demo'd over the document camera (remember, when the clay trivet and feet are leatherhard we must use slip from the buckets!).

Nov 14th

Continuing with our first trivet.

Nov 9th

I hope you remembered your homework, lets practice pressing textures into clay!

Nov 7th

Only a 4 day week this week, lets finish those masks today and begin our texture trivet. 

Nov 1st

Halfway through the semester, lets show what we know! 

Oct 31st

Happy Halloween! Lets take a look at an artist who unravels clay!

Oct 27th & 28th

What is a mold?! Continuing with our masks.

Oct 25th & 26th

Lets have a discussion!

Oct 24th

Lets take a look at another ceramic artist.

Oct 20th-21st

Lets take a look at an artist who spread the aristocratic calavera!

Oct 17th

Oct 11th

Lets finish up those coil pots and begin our Dia de los Muertos worksheet!

Nice job!

Oct 10th

Last day to coil?

Oct 6th

Lets take a look at another artist who uses coils to create unique human forms.

Oct 3rd-

Lets see if we can figure out what happened to these projects!

Sep 29th & 30th

Continue with your coil pot or glaze your spoon holder

Sept 27th & 28th

Lets continue with our coil project!

Sept 26th

Nice job glazing last class period. Lets continue with our coil project!

Sept 20th

Lets finish those spoon holders, and if there is time we will begin learning about the stages of clay and glaze our cranes!

Sept 19th

Nice job with the pinch pots! Lets continue slipping and scoring elements on!

Sept 15-16th

Nice sketches last time! Lets begin creating our pinch pot creature!

Sept 12-14th

Lets begin in clay!

Sept 8-9th

Lets finish our sketchbooks, create an origami paper crane, and then learn about wedging!

Sept 7th

Welcome! Lets talk about classroom rules/expectations and jump into sketchbook creation!

Remember: If I get your signed syllabus by Friday I will give you 5 pts extra credit!

Finals

Lets take our final, clean our cubbies, and celebrate with cocoa!

June 9th

Lets clean out our cubbies, do a few chores around the classroom, then have popcorn and watch a movie!

June 7th

Change of plans, the mug is now extra credit! Lets finish up this week strong!

June 6th

Lets finish those mugs!

June 3rd

Handles! 

June 1st

Holy cow it's June! Lets learn how to trim a mug and start constructing it! 

May 31st

Lets learn how to wheel throw!

May 24th

Lets take a look at sgraffito and wax examples, can you tell the difference?

May 23rd

Lets talk about wax resist! Finish those cubes!

May 17th

Cutting a fun

Bonsai class: click here

May 16th

Lets re-cap mitering and using slip when we attach our pieces! 

May 10th

Miter-ing

May 9th

another sgraffito artist...

May 5th

Lets take a look at a really cool artist who uses sgraffito on CUBES!

May 2nd-4th

Lets re-cap the projects at hand, and continue working!

April 28th

Lets sgraffito those birds, and if finished start our cube project.

April 26th

Lets learn about sgraffito!

April 21st & 22nd

Once finished lets create a fun bird like sculpture, we will eventually learn how to sgraffito with glaze.

April 19th-20th

Lets take a look at an artist who uses stain, then watch another demo on how to apply stain to our vases.

April 18th

All steps have been demo'd under the document camera, lets put the finishing touches on our vases.

April 11th-13th

Lets finish our designs and begin applying textures to our clay!

April 5th - 8th

Lets apply stain to our sugar skulls and begin designing our vase. 

April 4th

Lets talk about stain and how to apply it our projects.

March 31st & April 1st

Today will be our last day working on our masks in class. If it is not finished it is now homework.

Looking good!

March 29th

Lets look at another Dia de los Muertos inspired artist and finish up our masks.

March 28th

Lets do a bit of recapping and put the final touches to our masks.

March 15th

Lets take a look at another artist who uses day of the dead imagery in his paintings/murals.

March 14th

Lets talk about that aristocrat skeleton we keep seeing.

March 10th

Lets take a look at an artist who makes money creating ceramic tiles, we will also learn how to make three dimensional roses. 

March 7th

I will re-cap the new project at hand, students may glaze their projects or continue with their Dia de los Muertos inspired wall hanging. 

Feb 29th and March 1st

Today will be our last in class day for coiling, for those who are finished you will begin working on your Dia de los Muertos inspired mask.

Feb 25th & 26th

Lets finish up those coil pots.

Feb 22nd-24th

Today we will either glaze or continue with our coil pots.

Feb 18th & 19th

Nice job with the coil practice yesterday. Lets start sketching for our coil project and begin creating our coil pot! Remember, if you want to make a planter, I will have soil and seeds for you!

Feb 16th & 17th

Lets learn the stages of clay, where clay comes from and how to glaze!

Feb 11th & 12th

Lets finish up those spoon holders and learn about the 5 stages of clay.

Feb 9th & 10th

Nice job creating pinch pots! Lets recap slipping scoring and smudging, as well as look at different ways to make eyes ears noses etc...

Feb 8th

Nice job with the cranes! Lets finish up our sketches and begin creating two pinch pots.

Feb 4th & 5th

Lets play with clay! Following the instructions, lets make an origami crane out of clay. If there is time we will begin brainstorming for our first real assignment, a spoon holder.

Feb 2nd

Lets finish those sketchbooks and begin creating an origami crane!

Feb 1st

Welcome to pottery 1!

FINALS

Lets take the final, clean out our cubbies and drink cocoa out of our fabulous mugs! It has been a pleasure having you this semester I look forward to seeing you all in pottery 2 !

Jan 21st & 22nd

We will talk about grading and glazing our personalized mugs today!

Jan 19th

Lets finish up those mugs, are goal is to be done by Wednesday so they can be fired and ready to be glazed by Monday! Remember finals begin next Tuesday!

Jan 14th & 15th

Lets learn about attaching handles, later today we will talk about the Vans contest our school is entered in.

Jan 12th & 13th

Yesterday we demo'd how to throw a mug, lets trim the bottom pinky thick!

January 7th & 8th

I will demo wheel throwing! Lets brainstorm our final ceramic project, a personalized mug. 

Jan 5th & 6th 2016

Welcome back! Lets take today to catch up and glaze while we talk about our winter breaks!