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    • Articles about ceramics
  • About Ms. Gray
    • Ms. Gray's Art
  • Ceramics
    • Welcome! >
      • Syllabus &. Procedures
      • Social Contract
      • Wheel Throwing
    • Monday Videos
    • Introduction
    • Identity
    • Imagination
    • Craft & Design
    • Midterm
    • Sculpted Mug
    • Vase
    • Quick Build- Wheel Throwing
    • Texture Cube
    • Quick Build: Name Plate
    • Beauty
  • Ceramic Studio
    • Welcome! >
      • Syllabus and Procedures
      • Social Contract
      • Monday Videos
    • Dino Dash
    • Emotion >
      • Quick Build: Eyes, Nose, Mouth,
    • Nature >
      • Quick Build: Flower Pot
    • Shoe
    • Food
    • Home
  • AP - 3D
    • Welcome! >
      • Syllabus and Procedures
      • Previous Students
    • Intro to the course
    • Summer Prep
    • Inspiration
    • Sustained Investigation
    • Make Art
  • 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: Photo Holder
      • Quick Build: Bowl Mold
      • Quick Build: Mug
      • 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 >
      • Gratitude
      • Play
      • Prettiness & Hope
      • Struggle & Expression
      • Beauty
      • 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
  • NAHS
    • BLINK
    • Holiday Sale
    • Visiting Artists
    • Art Showcase
    • Empty Bowls
    • Museum Visits
    • Call for Artists
    • Calendar
  • Sub Plans
    • Tools and Materials
    • Education and Careers in Art
    • Ceramic Terms
    • Art Lesson: EOA & POD
    • Artist Research
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TOOLS AND MATERIALS

This page explains the different tools and materials that are common in a ceramic studio. Please browse the website and complete the worksheet that has been provided to you.

Worksheet

TOOLS

KILN - A furnace or oven for burning, baking or drying, especially for firing pottery.

There are many different types of kilns, but we use Gas Kilns and Electric Kilns in our studio:
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This is a GAS KILN. It uses gas/flames to heat up.
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This is a ELECTRIC KILN. It plugs into an outlet and heats up using electricity.
These are some other types of kilns:
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BOTTLE KILN
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RAKU KILN
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ANAGAMA KILN

POTTERY WHEEL- is a machine used in the shaping (known as throwing) of round ceramic ware.

We use two types of wheels in class:
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KICK WHEEL
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ELECTRIC WHEEL

LOOP TOOLS- Used for carving out large areas of clay... and carving details.

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NEEDLE TOOL- Used for cutting clay and carving small details.

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SERRATED RIB- Used for score and slipping and refining the surface.

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METAL RIB- Used to scrape and smooth out the surface 

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WOOD TOOL- Used to mold, scoop, and smooth out clay.

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WIRE TOOL- Used to cut clay

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GLAZES

CONE 5 GLAZES- Fired to 2160 F. Can be fired in electric kilns. Glazes turn out consistently. (Used by Everyone)

CONE 10 GLAZES- Fired to 2340 F. Fired in gas kilns. When fired variation occurs and is more exciting. (Used by Ceramic Studio and AP only)

LOW FIRE GLAZES- Fired to 1900 F. Fired in electric kilns and very bright. (Not used in class, except for special request AP students)

UNDERGLAZES- Vivid colors that can be mixed and applied to greenware. Clear glaze on top will make it shiny. Fired to any temperature (Used by Ceramic Studio and AP only)


WAX RESIST- Used during glazing to repel glaze and water.

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GLAZE LADLE- Used to scoop glaze and poor onto piece.

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Dipping Tongs- Used to hold onto pieces and dip into glaze.

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THESE ARE ONLY THE BASICS OF THE TOOLS AND MATERIALS THAT CAN BE USED IN CERAMICS.

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