The jug kettle

To-clay I was back on the potters wheel.  I made a jug kettle. The handle was like a kettles but it kind of collapsed.  So Darryn fixed it.  He put part of an coloured ice-cream stick under it to keep it from collapsing.  The jug part of it was because it didn't have a lid.  Well, jugs do have lids but my terrific ones don't.  I absolutely cannot wait till art.  For affective study I'm doing Alexander the Great.  I've got heaps of information.  I'm going to transfer the information to Pages... Somehow.  Here is the coin with his FACE!!!

A Cat

To-clay I made some more masterpieces.  A cat and a shark fin.  The cat was my favourite.  With Madison's bunny is in the competition, the bunny is an obvious winner.  I also made another rock and soon I'm going to see what one to underglaze.  Probably the second one.  Oh, and if you don't know, the inspiration I got for clay was from ancient Greece and Egypt.

Bye!  See you Term 4!!!

To-clay

To-clay I made some more clay pots.  Last week I made a rock.   It's not a great rock because the lid has a huge gap from the base.   So I made a lemon pot (just for lemons), a triangle thing and a         snail!  Granddad wants the rock for his keys to go in.  Soon I'm going to underglaze my pots!  Darryn said that Granddad should use it  as a slater trap.  So I'm going to make another rock.  I am completely determined to make the rock!!
  Sorry...  Got off task because Riley and Brianna are dancing on  the table to different music every five seconds.

Clay Class.

Today it was very funny.  Oh, have I told you that Samantha joined clay a couple of weeks ago?  Well I taught Samantha to underglaze for her second week at clay.  This week Madison wanted to do clay.  So it was like a clay class.  Me just helping slightly with their work.  My work didn't come up pleasantly.  The clay had thousands of air bubbles.  If there are air bubbles in your clay work then in the kiln your work will, well, EXPLODE!!!  Just a whole pile of clay left.  Have you had a clay class?

DON'T glaze the bottom!

Hello.  Grace here!

I have just been to Katie's workshop - time.  Here is what I learnt:

• A pico second is the shortest amount of time.
• There are three types of time - past, present and future.
• There are so many ways to measure time; water, the Sun and much, much more!

I also did potting.  Well, glazing.  Last week I finished under-glazing my pots.  This week, I'm full on glazing!  Here are the rules for glazing:

• Two coats of glaze.
• Leave three to four millimeters from the bottom.
• DO NOT glaze the bottom!!!!!  (or else it will stick to the tray when you put it in the kiln).

Marie will be coming back to pick them up at the end of the day.  The pots will go in the kiln one last time, and then I will be able to take all my creations home, and have a lovely tea party.

Clay, Clay, Under Glaze

Today, well, I did only one thing, really.  It was glazing my pots!!
 I did three last week but this week I did heaps!
 Marie helped me with the first part.
Firstly you have to put white slip on-white clay mixed with water.
 The style that I glazed my pots were:

• Bee Landing on a flower
• Sun Set Trees
• Fishy Sea
• Three flower pots
• Rainbow

Well, that was some of my pots!

Prezi!

Today...  Well today I made another pot.  But it was super cute.  I put waves on the outside of the pot and inside the pot, I put a little fishy.  That was the only pot I made today because Marie (the potter) is coming in the afternoon to help me glaze my pots.  And I have made many pots.  The best thing is, I'll learn to glaze my pots!
Another thing I did today was learning how to use Prezi.  Katie said that it was like keynote, and might be a way we could present our gifted profile to the rest of the class.  So this morning, we had a chance to explore Prezi - it was FUN!!
Bye, bye!