1.Clay 2.Plastic table covers OR Canvas mat (to cover tables) 3.Clay tools (plastic Knife, straw etc.) Part 2: Tempera paint in small quantities Paint brush Material List: Clay Pinch pots

Give each student: 1 piece of clay Give each table : Clay tools (plastic knife, straw etc.) In part 2: Tempera Paint in small quantities at each table Paint brushes Docent Setup List: Docent Clean up List: Make sure names are on back of clay Place completed in the clay drying blue trays and leave along back of room to dry. Wipe down tables, refill any items and return to bins as you found them – thanks for doing this and leading the lesson! Clay Pinch pots

Lesson 6 – First Grade Clay Pinch Pots

Today’s Lesson Today is a ceramic art lesson you are going to create your own clay Pinch pot. In part 2, you will glaze your Pinch pot. Skill Development: An opportunity to use a new material clay, build texture and create a three-dimensional form. To introduce different methods of molding clay, in this case, pinch-and- pull building.

Forming (i.e. shaping) Firing (baking in a kiln) Glazing/decorating (coating the object with a glaze, or applying to it various decorative techniques) Refiring (rebaking) to harden the glaze. What is Ceramic Art? Known as an important art ‘ceramics’ (derived from Keramos, Greek for potters clay) refers to items made from clay bodies and fired in a kiln (or oven) to obtain the finished art form. It requires a 4 step creative process of:

Pottery is our oldest handicraft. Fired clay is one of the few materials on earth that does not change with time, and clay has always been an abundant resource. The earliest function of clay was to line baskets as a way to waterproof them. Baskets were often used to carry water to crops, and the clay lining prevented leakage. Why is clay so important? Eventually, early men and women discovered that they could harden the molded pottery in hot ashes and make sturdy containers.

Venus of Dolni Vestonice The Czech prehistoric sculpture (Vestonicka Venuse) is one of the earliest examples of fired clay sculptures in the world (c. 28,000– 24,000 BC). It is a ceramic statuette and has four holes in the head, the function of which is unknown.

Chinese Pottery Chinese Pottery belonging to the era of Neolithic Art. Ever since the Stone Age, China has led the world in ceramic art and design. Its porcelain remains the finest ever made.

Greek Red-Figure Style Pottery. Greek potters produced a wide range of ancient pottery in all shapes and sizes. They decorated it with abstract, historical and mythological designs. The most important styles included: geometric, black- figure, red-figure and white ground.

Let’s get started.. Supplies Needed for Part One: 1 ball of clay Clay tools

1.Start with a ball of clay 2.Have students make a deep hole in the clay using their thumb. 3.Have students pinch around the hole to make a bigger opening. 4.Next, students should pinch around the outside edge to shape their pot. 5.Draw designs in your pinch pot using the wooden sticks 6.Put name on bottom of piece Process to make Pinch pot (part One):

Let’s get started.. Supplies Needed for Part two: Acrylic Paint Paint brush Clay pencil

Process (Part two): Next Steps: Let the clay completely dry before firing. If it is not dry it will crack when fired Fire Clay: Our pinch pots will be fired in a kiln, make it so the clay will not soften up with water. We will paint our pinch pots with acrylic paints

LESSON PLAN ADAPTED FROM MRSBROWNART.COM By Tara Button November 2015