ceramics check list

Ceramics Requirements Checklist

Ceramics students must complete and understand all of the following items.

 

Students must complete all categories.  It is your responsibility to have Miss Fortuna initial each box when the assignment is complete.

 

Intro to ceramics:

 

Wedging

 

Coil building

 

Slab Pulling

 

Scoring and slipping

 

Hand Building:

 

Pinch pot (pumpkins, gargoyles)

 

Coil pot  (bowls, Bird house)

 

Slab building (luminary, cookie tray)

 

Throwing

 

Centering (center 3#’s and 5#’s of clay)

 

Vertical throwing (8 inch cylinder)

 

Horizontal throwing (6 inch wide bowl or plate)

 

Trimming (trim excess and refine piece)

 

Glazing

 

Underglaze (watercolors and coat)

 

Glaze (temperature and application)

 

Firing

 

Bisque (Spacing, temperature)

 

Glaze (spacing, temperature, color reactions)