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Intro to Clay

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Enduring Understandings

  • ​Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and art-making approaches.

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Essential Questions

  • How do artists and designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective?

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Objectives

  • Students will understand and be able to use vocabulary related to ceramics.

  • Students will be able to identify and use the tools needed to create a bas relief tile.

  • Students will demonstrate their knowledge of bas relief tiles by creating a tile of their own design.

  • Students will document their process through sketches, notes, and photography.

  • Students will reflect on their process and product in writing using their art vocabulary.

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Vocabulary

  • Stoneware 

  • Earthenware 

  • Greenware 

  • Bisque ware 

  • Glaze ware 

  • Slab 

  • Slip 

  • Scoring 

  • Kiln 

  • Low Fire 

  • High Fire 

Student Examples
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