ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: What is the history of wheel throwing? How do you keep safe while wheel throwing? What are some physics behind wheel throwing? How do you center? How do you pull the walls? WHY? Technical Skills: Centering Clay on Pottery Wheel Making a cylinder on Pottery Wheel Art Concept: Technical skills
Life: Problem Solving Hand-Eye Coordination Following Multi-Step Procedures
Assignment
You will sign up on our calendar and practice on the wheel everyday one week. You will NOT likely save anything from this exercise. I will be doing a demo every day
Requirements:
Prep: Art History- 50 points Safety and physics notes- 50 points Cleaning notes- 50 points Work Time: 50 points per day working or helping on the wheel - 250 points
REMEMBER!!! YOUR TABLE MAY NOT LEAVE UNTIL THESE DUTIES ARE DONE!! FAILURE TO CLEAN UP WILL RESULT IN A LOSS OF POINTS!!
TABLES- At the end of each period remove big pieces of clay and scrape off anything extra that is stuck. Then grab a sponge and wipe tables off. Make sure that you ring the sponge out before use on tables. TOOLS- At the end of each period clean large pieces of clay from tools and make sure that all of the spaces in the holder are filled with their appropriate tools.
WHEELS- At the end of each class make sure that all of the buckets are on the wheels and that all of the tools are in the baskets. The people working on the wheel are responsible for their own tools, but you are to check at the end of class to make sure they are all there.
To work on the wheel you will need: Bowl of water small round sponge needle tool wooden angle tool
We will start with centering then progress to opening and making a bowl.