Thematic Teapots
Greenware due April 29th, 2016
Objective: You will make a theme based tea set consisting of a teapot and 2 cups.
Vocabulary:
Spout-- is the name given to small pipes on the side of containers that you pour liquid through. When made in pottery, the spout is always a part added to the main body and when tipped it allows the liquid it carries to flow out smoothly. The flow is controlled by the size of the spout’s mouth and the degree to which it is tipped, the higher the more the liquid comes out. When designed, the mouth of the spout must always be higher than the level of the liquid when the teapot is full and standing.
Flange-- A prominent continuous projection or ledge extending out from the body, neck, or rim of a vessel, intended to facilitate handling.
Gallery-- A combination of a flange and wall. Galleries are most often seen in lidded jars, crocks, casseroles, and other functional work. Galleries can be formed on either the lid or on the jar, or on both a jar and its lid.
Leatherhard-- When the clay is able to maintain shape, bear weight yet still flexible enough to bend. Similar to a piece of stiff leather.
Greenware-- A completely finished work in clay
Bisque--First firing to remove excess water & organic materials from greenware in preparation for glazing.
Bisqueware-- Ceramic object that has undergone the initial firing.
Glaze--A combination of flux, alumina, glass & colorants/opacifiers to bisqueware for for decoration & function. This also vitrifies the surface.
Glazeware-- Ceramic object that has been glazed and undergone a second or series of firings thereby adhering glaze to the surface.
Vitrification--The transformation of a surface into glass, thereby making it waterproof.
Potter's wheel-- a machine with a flat disk on which a potter shapes wet clay into pots as it spins.
Throwing-- Coming from the Old English word thrawan which means to twist or turn, a ball of clay is placed in the center of a turntable, called the wheel-head, which the potter rotates with a stick, with foot power or with a variable-speed electric motor.
Requirements:
• The object must have the "Triumvirate".
• The objects must have a Unifying Theme and be functional
• Pots must demonstrate both additive and subtractive techniques.
• Must show texture and pattern.
• Sketches
• Self-Assessment
Materials:
Clay, glazes, various ceramic equipment
Vocabulary:
Spout-- is the name given to small pipes on the side of containers that you pour liquid through. When made in pottery, the spout is always a part added to the main body and when tipped it allows the liquid it carries to flow out smoothly. The flow is controlled by the size of the spout’s mouth and the degree to which it is tipped, the higher the more the liquid comes out. When designed, the mouth of the spout must always be higher than the level of the liquid when the teapot is full and standing.
Flange-- A prominent continuous projection or ledge extending out from the body, neck, or rim of a vessel, intended to facilitate handling.
Gallery-- A combination of a flange and wall. Galleries are most often seen in lidded jars, crocks, casseroles, and other functional work. Galleries can be formed on either the lid or on the jar, or on both a jar and its lid.
Leatherhard-- When the clay is able to maintain shape, bear weight yet still flexible enough to bend. Similar to a piece of stiff leather.
Greenware-- A completely finished work in clay
Bisque--First firing to remove excess water & organic materials from greenware in preparation for glazing.
Bisqueware-- Ceramic object that has undergone the initial firing.
Glaze--A combination of flux, alumina, glass & colorants/opacifiers to bisqueware for for decoration & function. This also vitrifies the surface.
Glazeware-- Ceramic object that has been glazed and undergone a second or series of firings thereby adhering glaze to the surface.
Vitrification--The transformation of a surface into glass, thereby making it waterproof.
Potter's wheel-- a machine with a flat disk on which a potter shapes wet clay into pots as it spins.
Throwing-- Coming from the Old English word thrawan which means to twist or turn, a ball of clay is placed in the center of a turntable, called the wheel-head, which the potter rotates with a stick, with foot power or with a variable-speed electric motor.
Requirements:
• The object must have the "Triumvirate".
• The objects must have a Unifying Theme and be functional
• Pots must demonstrate both additive and subtractive techniques.
• Must show texture and pattern.
• Sketches
• Self-Assessment
Materials:
Clay, glazes, various ceramic equipment