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Get out a clay board and have a seat

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  • Get out your sketchbooks (no clay yet please)

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Discuss with your neighbor:

  • How was this made?
  • How was this glazed?

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Chris Theiss

  • Born 1967-Rhode Island
  • RISD BFA
  • MFA
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Sgraffito

  • a form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color

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Tim Christiensen

  • Maine
  • SGRAFFITO! (2003)
  • “I make pots about the times in which we live, and the challenges of living in a time in which we are divorced from the natural world around us.”

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2 different ways to sgraffito...

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Ms. S

Your Bird Projects

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  1. Slabroll clay, create 1Christmas ornament. Don’t celebrate Christmas, no problem! Make a magnet(no holes)
  2. Grab a fired ornament and take it for yourself

3. Carve initials and class period into your wet clay. Write with a china marker on the other

4. Trace 2 ornaments/magnets in your sketchbook

20 minutes

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Underglaze

Underglaze is/are colored slips formulated to have low drying shrinkage, allowing application to leatherhard/bone-dry or bisque-fired surface before glazing

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Place black underglaze on ONE ornament

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  • Use a loop tool to carve away the black underglaze.
  • Fill with designs and patterns.
  • Take your time!