How
do you make pots on the electric wheel?
Unit
Objectives:
Students
will learn to throw several different kinds of forms on the electric wheel; how
to trim and decorate pots on the wheel.
Activities:
-
watch
the video "The Cult of the Slow Wheel", complete a video
quiz H.11.1
-
watch
a demonstration about throwing on the wheel and read pages 73-89 in the
textbook H.11.1
-
spend
a minimum of three days learning to use the electric wheel H.9.1
-
make
cylinder and bowl forms, using a variety of tools and techniques H.9.1
-
learn
to trim the bottoms of the pots H.9.1
-
learn
decorating techniques to use on the electric wheel H.9.1
Materials:
Clay, throwing sticks, trimming tools, sponges, needle tool, ribs,
electric wheel
Materials,
Handouts: video
"Cult of the Slow Wheel", typical throwing faults
Evaluation:
grade will be determined by the
following criteria:
| willingness to keep trying:
|
25 |
| listening to directions:
|
25 |
| quality of forms: |
25 |
| quality of trimming: |
25
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