1. Clay Sun Face Project Unit: Balance

2. Relief Sculpture A 3-d surface that projects out from a flat back Only 180 degrees, unlike “in the round sculpture” that you can see 360 degrees Can only be viewed from the front Hangs on the wall

4. Handbuilding Ceramics Slab Modeling Coiling

6. Slabwork: The process of creating a ceramic form by rolling out flat sheets of clay of uniform thickness.

8. Modeling: Creating a form by pinching or squeezing clay with your hands.

10. Coiling: Building a clay form by rolling out long ropes of clay

12. 3 techniques for creating texture on clay: Carving Impressed Applied

14. Carving: The process of taking away part of the clay (such as cutting a hole), or drawing into the surface of the clay with a sharp or looped tool.

17. Impressed: The process of creating texture by pushing or stamping objects into the clay surface.

19. Applied: The technique of adding onto clay to create a raised surface.

21. Wedging: The process of removing air bubbles from clay by kneading it.

23. The 3 “S”s of attaching clay: Score - Roughing Up the Clay Slip - Clay + Water Seal - Smoothing the Seems

25. 4 Stages of Clay: Plastic - Quality of clay that allows it to be manipulated and still maintain its shape without cracking or sagging Leatherhard - Midway drying point of the clay Greenware (Bonedry) - Clay that is completely dried but not fired yet Bisque – Clay objects that have been fired for the 1 st time without any glaze applied to them

27. The Sun as Seen in other Cultures…

28. African Sun Mask

29. Native American Sun Face

30. Incan Sun God