For our clay project this year, second graders made pinch pot animals. Now unfortunately because this was near the end of the school year, I forgot to take pictures of the work in progress. This school year was very busy with the pack up and I let a few things slide near the end, this blog and my dishes being a few of them!
As far as the process goes, we started by making a pinch pot. While it may be referred to as a simple process, pinch pots can be very tricky. If a pinch pot gets too thin in an area, it will fall over and could crack. We focused on creating good thickness of the walls and paying close attention to making a smooth surface. For the second part of the project, students chose an animal and used the scratch/attach method to begin adding details to their pinch pot. Some students made bats, some dogs, some cats. I have my example as a bird.
As far as the process goes, we started by making a pinch pot. While it may be referred to as a simple process, pinch pots can be very tricky. If a pinch pot gets too thin in an area, it will fall over and could crack. We focused on creating good thickness of the walls and paying close attention to making a smooth surface. For the second part of the project, students chose an animal and used the scratch/attach method to begin adding details to their pinch pot. Some students made bats, some dogs, some cats. I have my example as a bird.
Once the animals were done, they were dried and fired. We used liquid watercolors to paint our creatures and then I sealed them all with a spray on polyurethane.