Clay Wall Pocket
5th grade
For Mother's Day, we will fill these with succulent plants and give as a gift.
Start by Rolling a Clay Slab
https://youtu.be/6chM5gCfFXM
Materials for the clay wall pocket
- rolled clay slab
- circle tracer (marked in half)
- ruler or straight edge
- pin tool
- water
- toothbrush
- paper to crumble
- texture items
https://youtu.be/vQ6UJ-A0IUc
DON'T SQUISH THE SCRAPS
Clay Clean Up Procedures
Here is our school kiln!
- It is like a super-hot oven
- We are heating it to 1940 degrees
- The soft clay will turn to hard ceramic
- Our kiln is powered by electricity.
- In the days before electricity, people used fire to make their clay hard.
https://youtu.be/b6hk46PonjQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38k5xZ5HAmc