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  Coil Pottery from Ancient to Present

A technique of making Pottery by only using  hands and simple tools

Into to this project: Examples

Students'  goals:

• ·  Make a ceramic vessel using coil techniques
• ·  Decorate the vessel through additive and subtractive processes
• ·  Tell a story on their pot (narrative)  
• ·   Connect their own coil pot to other subjects 

What is Coil Pottery?

Pottery and ceramic are one of the oldest forms of art. It is also one of the functionals. Pottery was first used to store and preserve food and beverage. It was later used for artistic purposes. Coiled pots are constructed by gradually stacking and joining coils of clay one on top of the other. The coils can be left visible or can be smoothed away depending on your desired aesthetic end result. It is important that the coils join well during construction to avoid cracking or separation during the drying and firing process.
                             History of Pottery
Coiling is a method of creating pottery. It has been used to shape clay into vessels for many thousands of years. It ranges from Africa to Greece and from China to New Mexico. Using the coiling technique, it is possible to build thicker or taller walled vessels, which may not have been possible using earlier methods.

Assessment: Google Slide

Artwork examples

Coil Pottery Rubric:

1. Planning: Coil pottery from Ancient to Present worksheets

2. Using coil techniques to build a coiled vessel base: At least 1/2 of the sculptural must use coil technique. 

Using 3 types of Ancient Cultural Pottery symbols in the coiled vessel base: 
Research 3 symbols and internalize the meaning of the symbols then use the symbolic patters into your coil pottery making. 

• What are the common symbols you have found in ancient Pottery ( draw 3 symbols that you will use to design your coil?? What is the possible meaning? 
• For examples :

 Painted Pottery pot with geometric lattice pattern ( Bachang Type of Majiayao Culture 2200 - 2000 B.C. ) Shanghai Museum of ancient Chinese art China

Endless Possibility

4. Decorating the vessel: Students will have used at least one tool to remove clay, and have at least one area where the clay has been added.

5. Building and attaching one or more objects to the coil vessel to convey a meaning. 

6. Apply underglaze and glaze - using paintbrushes and underglaze to apply color to coil pot after firing. Apply glaze on the coil vessel.

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