• Pinch Pot Animals- Ceramic Project #2

     
    Students learned how to make pinch pots while making the Minion Project, so this project is to reinforce some of those aspects at a higher level of thinking.  Students will come up with an animal idea using 3 or more pinch pots to make up the animals body and head, etc.  Students first draw a rough idea of what animal they would like to create, and then I help them figure out where their pinch pots would be placed and combined.  Students most also understand that when combining pinch pots, one most allow air to escape from the form or it could break in the kiln.  Students most then add a hole in any enclosed piece of clay.
     
    Students will then add features of the animals and details to make them look more realistic.  Students will us the coil method or slab method of adding clay to their animal.  The have used both these techniques during their minions, so this will be a review on how things are created using clay.
    In the end, students will get to glaze their animals when completed.
    The students will also write a short self reflection on which ceramic project they feel had a better outcome and their overall experience with clay.
     

     Pinch Pot Animals  Ceramic Project #2

    		  
     Animal Drawing & Creativity

    100-93 

    Students will have a well thought out drawn and colored animal showing where the 3 or more pinch pots are needed.

    92-85

    Students will have a semi completed colored drawing, showing only 2 pinch pots used.

    84-77

    Students will have an incomplete drawing, not colored and only showing 1 pinch pot used. 

    76-70

    Students will have an incomplete drawing, not colored and showing no pinch pot use. 

    69-0

    Students will  have no drawing and no pinch pot use.
     Pinch pot creation  3 or more pinch pots made and combined correctly.  3 or more pinch pots made incorrectly, but still combined correctly.  only 2 pinch pots made partially correct and combined incorrectly.  Only 1 pinch pot made, not combined with an other pinch pot.  No pinch pots made, project not even started.
     Additions/Features added to animals  Coiling/Slab work used correctly throughout entire piece, animal looks clean and has all features added.  Coiling/Slab work done, but only partially correct.  Students piece could be cleaner and is missing a feature.  Coiling/Slab work done incorrectly throughout project, and clay pieces fell off.  Students work is unclean and missing several features.  Coil/Slab work incorrectly done, or not even tried.  Project unclean, not finished and animal not recognizable.