秋季粘土營（多周）

No experience with clay at all is needed but is advantageous to have.  Basic clay skills will be taught.  Skills such as:  rolling clay into a pancake.  Molding clay into a ball.  Imprinting objects such as leaves into clay to make an imprint. Cutting holes into the clay.  Rolling clay into a snake form. I will be using google slides to show pictures of what we will make in class and or actual clay examples.  I can point my camera down on my work area so the students can see what I am making while we are working to facilitate the class.  Students will be able to ask questions during and after class.
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1st week(day 1): Coils and pancakes:  We will  roll the clay with our hands on a flat surface.   We will use the counter top or table as a flat surface to roll the clay out onto. We will use out hands too. A rolling pins(listed in the class material section, will help too to roll the clay. The pancakes can be turned into hanging holiday ornament(bring some cookie cutters to cut out different shapes). 
 
(day 2): Coil pot: we will make a snake by rolling small pieces of clay and then roll the snake into a pot.  We will make a pancake.  Then we will wind the coils onto  a circle pancake to form a pot. We will learn "scoring" and how to attach clay to another piece of clay so it stays and doesn't come apart.

2nd week (day 3):   We will make a handprint and a footprint.  We can make a paw print too of your pet dog or cat if they let you. We will also imprint objects into the clay(leaves, buttons, keys). We will use the counter top or table as a flat surface to roll the clay out onto. We will use out hands too. A rolling pins(listed in the class material section, will help too to roll the clay.  We will warm up the clay and learn to make a "bulldog wedge". This is a useful wedge to learn and can be used every time clay is warmed up and getting ready to work with the clay.

(day 4) Bring leaves and anything (buttons, a fork, coins, shells) with a design or imprint on it so we can imprint  designs onto a pancake of clay. Review of "Bulldog wedge"

3rd week(day 5): We will make a slab pot that hangs on the wall used to hold a plant or any other object. Bring small objects(shells, buttons, leaves from outside...) to make imprints.  We will use the counter top or table as a flat surface to roll the clay out onto. We will use out hands too. A rolling pins(listed in the class material section, will help too to roll the clay.

(day 6):  We will make another slab pot using different imprints. Review of making a pancake, scoring, and attaching shapes.

4th lesson(day 7): We will make a pinch pot and a garden stone.  We will mostly be using our fingers to manipulate the clay in this class.  We may be using the counter top or table as a flat surface to roll the clay out onto. We will use out hands too. A rolling pins(listed in the class material section, will help too to roll the clay. The pinch pot can be turned into a character pot.

(day 8):We will make another pinch pot adding feet to the bottom and any imprint you want to add to the sides of the pot. review of scoring and attaching shapes and making shapes. We can make 2 pinch pots and put them together to make a holiday ornament.