Clay animal figures

Safari Sculptures

Complete page 1 in your notes packet. Research online how different cultures around the world depict animals. What do animals mean to other groups of people?

Get inspired by the past…

Ancient Egyptian

Ancient China

Native American

African

Modern

Just like humans, animals have different characteristics and personalities. They can be known for being brave, loyal, smart, slow, gentle, sneaky…

Animal traits

Draw your chosen animal in 3 different views because it is sculpted “in the round”

HAND BUILDING

WHEEL THROWING

CERAMICS

Pinch pot slab

coil

A variety of earthy materials formed by the breakdown of granite rocks over millions of years.

PLASTIC CLAY: moldable, moist clay that can be formed into a variety of things

CLAY

Clay that is starting to dry but has not done so completely; firm clay

Feels cool and dampVery fragile, breaks easilyCan be scraped and

smoothed

Leatherhard

• Clay that is completely dried out (bone dry) and is ready to be fired in the kiln.

• very light brown color

Greenware

Clay that has been fired in the kiln once and is ready to be painted or glazed

White colorHard as a rock

Bisqueware= bisquit, baked

Clay drying

soft

hard

A special oven or furnace that can reach very high temperatures and is used to bake, or fire clay.

Kiln

Firing• Firing is the process of baking and hardening pottery.• Clay is hardened by heating it to a high temperature, thus fusing the clay particles. • Temperature in kilns can reach 2500 degrees.

Scratching the surface of two clay pieces when joining them together

Then add slip to create a bond between 2 pieces of clay

Scoring

a mixture of clay and water that serves as a glue and is placed on scored areas of clay.

Slip

If slip acts as an adhesive, and scoring makes two pieces of clay like the opposite sides of a zipper, then they should stick together permanently.

Connecting Clay

COIL construction

Long snake-like ropes of clay that can be joined together to form a pot, bowl, or vase

Joining shapes together; thick sheets of clay. Roll it out like a pancake then cut out the desired shape.

Slab

An artwork created in 3-Dimensional form

Sculpture

A work of art which is viewed from all sides and has width, height, as well as depth

In the round

Texture – the feel of a surface

Sample animalsculptures