1. Ceramics 3 Independent Project Ideas

2. You can use any handbuilding technique or combination of them. You can do wheel thrown work. (throwing- using a mechanical device, potter’s wheel, that turns/spins in order to form clay.) Or you can do a combination of wheel thrown and handbuilt.

3. Handbuilding Techniques Coil- using snakelike ropes of clay; generally for making round forms Slab- a flat piece of clay created by rolling a roller over the clay, or pressing with hands; generally for making geometric forms with sharp edges Pinch- using the thumb and fingers to press a ball of clay into a hollow form Modeling- using your hands to manipulate clay into a form Press Molding (drape or sling mold)- to lay a slab of clay over or into an object to create its form (such as a bowl or balloon) Extruded- clay that is forced through a die (die = particular shape) Paddle- shaping a solid piece and then hollowing it out. Slip-casting- pouring slip (liquid clay) into a mold to take the mold’s form.

4. Slab

7. Slab clocks

8. Pinch

10. Coil

12. Coil: Lidded containers

13. Teapots

15. Mugs

16. Wheel thrown

17. Handbuilt and wheel-thrown lidded containers

18. Lidded Container

19. Pinch and Modeling

20. Slip Cast

22. Drape mold

23. Extruded

24. Relief/Wall Hanging

25. Consider your decoration. Sgraffito is one technique you may consider using.

26. Student Work

32. Resources for ideas and demonstrations: ceramicartsdaily.org http://www.theclaystudio.org/ http://www.nceca.net/static/resources_te achingtools.php http://www.modernpots.com http://www.nceca.net/static/resources_te achingtools.php http://www.modernpots.com