Ceramics
-it’s all about the clay-
Coil Technique-Sculptural and/or Functional
Overview: Student will learn how to use coil-building techniques to create a coil project that incorporates variety.
Project Due Dates:
Sketch of Idea: Monday, Sept. 12th
Final Project: Friday, Sept. 23rd
*Confirm due date with teacher since it could be shortened or extended.
Project Requirements:
1. Create a piece using the coil technique.It can be Sculptural and/or functional.
2. Atleast ¼ of it must use coil technique.
-how you incorporate this and the concept of the artwork is up to you.You can use cultural influences such as Greek, Celtic, Native American, etc.
3. Due before you start: 2 sketches or ideas and any reference images you may need.
Grading Criteria: Evidence of craftsmanship (intentional rough edges or smooth), coil technique mastery, use of variety in the construction of the coil pot, smooth the inside of the vessel to join coils.
Steps:
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The base/bottom: Get a golf ball size piece of clay and form it into a smooth hamburger patty shape. It should be about 3/8 inch thick. Try not to handle it so much that it starts to get cracks on the surface.
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Make Coils/use extruder: Once the coil is about 3/8 inch in diameter and pretty even along its whole length, place the coil on the top edge of the patty shaped piece. Slip and score coil and base. Start attaching it by using your thumb or finger to press and smooth one side of the coil down onto the patty.
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Continue attaching the coil around the base and then to the coil itself, laying the coil a little toward the outer edge so that a bowl shape is made
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After one or two coils are attached, smooth the outer coils also. Smoothing booth the inner and the outer surface will make the bowl sturdier.
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When the bowl is to the size of your liking smooth the top edge and loosely cover the whole bowl with plastic so that it slowly dries to a leather hard consistency.
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Base/Foot: Now you need to add a foot to the bowl. When the bowl is leather hard, turn it over and lightly draw a circle on the bottom. Score and slip the circle and attach a coil in a circle on the bottom. Cut the coil off when you reach the starting end of it so that the coil is a perfect circle.
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Finishing: Smooth both inside and outside attached edges, tilting the foot outward just a bit.
Alterations: Swirls, buttons, cutouts, animals, people, objects,…
