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Pinch Pot Whistles Small sculptural whistles
Objective: To create a sculptural, functional whistle.
Supplies: Clay and glaze.
Terms:
Craftsmanship-A
person who practices a craft with great skill; The
technique, style, and quality of working.
Decoration-The
act, process, technique, or art of decorating. Something that decorates or
adorns; an embellishment.
in the round or in-the-round - To be
viewed from all sides; freestanding. When referring to sculpture, a type
that is surrounded on all sides by
space. The opposite
of
relief. texture - An
element of art which
refers to the
surface
quality or "feel" of
an
object, its
smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. Textures may be actual or
simulated. Actual
textures can be felt with the fingers, while simulated textures are
suggested by an artist in the
painting of different
areas of a
picture -- often in
representing drapery,
metal, rocks, hair, etc. Examples of textures:
scoring - To make scratches or creases in pieces of clay to be joined together. Scoring and applying slip to such roughened surfaces creates a bond that holds the pieces together. If slip acts as an adhesive, and scoring makes two pieces of clay like the opposite sides of a zipper, their combined action -- a zipped zipper with hardened adhesive inside -- should be permanent.
pinch,
pinch-pot - Pinching is a
pottery
technique,
fundamental to
manipulating
clay. Making a
pinch-pot is pressing the thumb into a ball of clay, and drawing the clay
out into a pot by repeatedly squeezing the clay between the thumb and
fingers. Among their first adventures with clay, K-2 students should have
ample opportunities to make pinch-pots, the initial goals of which are: thin
walls (from center of bottom to the lip), a smooth inner
surface, and identity
marked on the underside.
slab construction - A
pottery
technique in which a
form is built up by
joining
shapes cut from thick
sheets of damp
clay. Also see
coil construction,
scoring,
pinch,
potter's wheel, and
slip.
Skills: Brainstorming Craftsmanship Painting techniques Patience
Rubric: Microsoft Word format
Step #1 Separate clay into two small balls. Roll clay into ball. Push thumb into clay. Pinch clay to form pinch pot. Press until clay is even in thickness. Keep all unused clay covered.
Step #2 Make another pinch pot same size. Roughen both surfaces with fork and add water. Force two halves together smooth over joins.
Step #3 Work clay back and forth over join smooth until no join is visible .
Step #4 Fold clay over. Remove stick from mouth piece.
Step #5 With stick at angle (this will help make it work) remove clay to leave a wedge shape enlarge hole for mouth piece.
Step #6 Clean up wedge shape position the mouth piece so air when passing through it will be split by the clay wedge. Keep experimenting with the position of the mouth piece until maximum sound is achieved. Score, wet, join and smooth the mouth piece to the main body
Examples
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