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  • Home
    • Articles about ceramics
  • About Ms. Gray
    • Ms. Gray's Art
  • Ceramics
    • Welcome! >
      • Syllabus &. Procedures
      • Social Contract
      • Wheel Throwing
    • Monday Videos
    • Introduction
    • Identity
    • Imagination
    • Dino
    • Craft & Design
    • Midterm
    • Sculpted Mug
    • Vase
    • Shoe
  • Ceramic Studio
    • Welcome! >
      • Syllabus and Procedures
      • Social Contract
      • Monday Videos
    • Introduction
    • Abstraction
    • Emotion
    • Nature
    • Flower Pot
    • Midterm
    • Self Portrait
    • Inspiration
  • AP - 3D
    • Welcome! >
      • Syllabus and Procedures
      • Previous Students
    • Intro to the course
    • Summer Prep
    • Inspiration
    • Sustained Investigation
    • Make Art
    • SENIOR ART SHOW
  • NAHS
    • Broadway in the Park
    • Tustin Art Walk
    • Senior Art Show
    • Museum Visits
    • Call for Artists
  • Lesson Archives
    • Wheel Throwing >
      • Beginning Wheel Throwing
      • Mugs
      • The Perfect 10
      • Plates
      • Vase
      • Midterm
      • Lidded Container
    • Classroom Management >
      • Social Contract
    • Art Concepts >
      • Monday Inspiration
      • Craftsmanship, Creativity, Effort
      • Art Lesson: Artistic Process
      • Art Lesson: Principles of Design
      • Art Lesson: Elements of Art
      • Art Lesson: Studio Habits of Mind
      • Art Lesson: Art Analysis
      • Art Lesson: Importance of Art
    • Quick Builds >
      • Quick Build: Name Plate
      • Quick Build: Photo Holder
      • Quick Build: Bowl Mold
      • Quick Build: Mug
      • Quick Build: Eyes, Nose, Mouth,
      • Quick Build: Hand
      • Quick Build: Mini Sculptures
      • Quick Build: Stamps
      • Quick Build: Sgraffito Magnets
      • Quick Build: Wall Vase
    • Surface Design >
      • Create a Glaze
      • Surface Design
    • Coil >
      • Public art
    • Assessment >
      • FINAL
    • Slab >
      • 3 MUGS
      • Slab Sculpture
      • Wall Piece
      • Darted Tumbler
    • Sculpting >
      • Teapot
      • Mobile/Windchime
      • Surreal
      • Figurine
    • Themes >
      • Home
      • Gratitude
      • Play
      • Prettiness & Hope
      • Struggle & Expression
      • Beauty
      • Food
      • Anthropomorphic
      • Extreme Emotion
      • Impressionism
      • Inspiration
      • Investigation
      • Holiday Sale
      • Slab Architecture
      • Expressionism
      • Mashup
      • Craftivisim
    • AP-3D >
      • Breadth >
        • Review of the EOA & POD
        • Styrogami
        • Negative Space
        • Found Object
        • Container
        • Cardboard
        • Clay Composite
        • Wearable
      • Concentration >
        • Your voice
        • Project Proposal
        • Friday Critiques
        • Writing Your Statement
  • Sub Plans
    • Tools and Materials
    • Education and Careers in Art
    • Ceramic Terms
    • Art Lesson: EOA & POD
    • Artist Research
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INTRODUCTION

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What is art and why is it important?
What is ceramics and why is it important?
What is the ceramic process?
How do I make basic shapes with clay?
How do I glaze ceramics?

WHY?
This unit is an intro unit to this course. You will understand why art and ceramics are important to your education. You will learn the basic techniques and procedures that will assist you for the rest of the school year.


ASSIGNMENT

In this unit we will be learning some important fundamentals and be creating a textured pinch pot

Requirements:
Inspiration:
What and Why - 5 points

Development:
The Ceramic Process- 5 points
​
Creation:

Wedging - 5 points
Basic Shapes- 5 points
  • Ball
  • Square
  • Cone
  • Coil
Pinch pot - 5 points

​​Reflection:
Self Reflection - 5 points
​Kahoot Quiz - 5 points
​
Total points-  40 Points
Grade Sheet

INSPIRATION

What and Why

DEVELOPMENT

Ceramic Process Notes

CREATION

WEDGING

BASIC SHAPES

PINCH POT


REFLECTION

Self Reflection
KAHOOT REVIEW

Unit Development
Unit Planner
Teacher Reflection