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How to Make Coil Pots – Ceramics Lesson Slides

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Ceramics lesson cover titled 'How to Make Coil Pots' shows five finished pots with colorful glazed coils.
Cover slide introducing the coil pottery lesson
Learning goals slide covers clay, ceramics vocabulary, pottery versus sculpture, coil making, and craftsmanship.
Learning goals for the ceramics project
Materials slide lists clay, a cup of water, a scoring tool, a plastic knife, hands, and ceramic glazes.
Media and tools needed for the coil pot
Clay introduction explains where clay is found and how plasticity helps it hold together when shaped.
First clay background slide: sources and plasticity
Second clay slide explains refined art clay, mineral colors, bisque firing, and the meaning of ceramics.
Second clay background slide: refining and firing
Pottery versus sculpture slide contrasts functional and decorative ceramics, with vessels and terracotta warriors.
Comparison of pottery and ceramic sculpture
Coil pot background slide explains stacking clay coils on a slab base and introduces the method's history.
Introduction to coil pot construction and history
Assignment slide asks students to create coil pottery using slab construction, coiling, score and slip, and glazing.
Project assignment and required pottery techniques
First construction slide shows squeezing moist clay, then rolling it between the palms into a smooth sphere.
Construction step: prepare clay and form a sphere
Slab construction slide shows pressing and flipping a clay sphere to make a base about one-quarter inch thick.
Construction step: flatten the slab base
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This lesson includes a detailed 20-slide PowerPoint presentation packed with information about coil pottery, clay and ceramics. This presentation also includes detailed instructions on how to create a coil pot using traditional hand-building techniques such as slab construction, score and slip, glazing, bisque firing and glaze firing. Everything you need to confidently lead students through a class discussion and successfully complete the project is right here! I personally teach this lesson to my 5th graders and they always love creating a functional piece of art that the can both use and be proud of!

Recommended grade level:

4th-12th

Length of lesson:

Three to four 50 minute sessions

Media/Materials required:

Clay

Water

Scoring tool (can be a toothpick)

Plastic Knife

Ceramic Glazes

Your Hands

Access to a Kiln

What's Included

A 20-slide PPT

*included in this PPT is info about coil pots, class questions for discussion and critical thought, detailed visual instructions and examples, slide notes with tips for teachers, info about what specific types/brands of supplies I use and where to find them

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