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These Clay boxes were spectacular. My only regret was to not take more example photos. This lesson was awesome because it covered so many clay concepts such as
- slab building
- scoring
- slipping
- glazing
I did this lesson in three classes. Two were for building and the other for glazing.
Materials:
- Masonite boar
- Slab sticks
- needle tool
- slab roller
- Jar of slip
- Clay
- glaze ( I used speed ball low fire glazes)
- optional: square template
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Excellent photo showing how to score. This slab for the bottom of the box was measured and cut first.
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I reminded the students the three basic "S" rule when building with clay. 1) score 2) slip and 3) smush together.
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After the walls of the box were put together seams of slab were to be smoothed.
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Measuring additional slab for lid
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Students were challenged to come up with an interesting handle for their box.
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I seperated boxes from lids with paper towels until they were bone dry.
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