Transcript Edgar Degas Figures in Motion with Pastels

Pinch Pots
Native American
Art Smart - 3rd Grade
Examples Pinch Pots
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pictographs
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Vocabulary
• Kiln: An oven used for firing clay projects
• Greenware: Unfired clay projects
• Bone Dry: Completely air dried clay
• Bisque: Clay which has been fired once, without glaze
• Fire: To heat clay in a kiln
• Glaze: Paint used to color clay projects.
Glaze turns to glass when fired in a kiln.
Pinch Pot
Process:
• take jewelry and long sleeve shirts off
• clay makes you relaxed
• clay is thirsty
Pinch Pot
Process:
• ball of clay
• thumbs are pushed into the center
• the walls (1/2 cm) are created by pinching and turning the
pot
• push the ball on the table to make a flat surface
• etch designs in the pot, etches your initials in the bottom
Examples Pinch Pots
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