CERAMICS - A TECHNICAL DIARY

Don't forget to make this first page interesting, you could add a Gothic border.

MATERIAL:

We use earthenware or stoneware clay, buff earthenware with grog or grogged Terracotta (these have grog in them, which is ground, already-fired ceramic material. This gives the clay strength and body.

Clay has water in it, it dries out with handling and is less workable, less malleable. Claywork needs to be stored in a damp environment preferably airtight if it is to be worked on over a prolonged time, for example over a period of several art lessons. A good way to store it is in a sealed plastic bag with a small piece of damp sponge or cloth inside.

Slip is a paste created by mixing water with a lump of the clay and it is used to help bond areas to be  joined.

EQUIPMENT: (Don't forget to make small drawings, black pen?)

	Rubber Kidneys
	Metal Kidneys
	Wooden (boxwood) modelling tools
	Ceramics knives
	Plastic modelling tools
	Plastic boxes with lids for slip
	Sponges for working and for clearing up
	Scrapers for clearing up
	Banding wheels and wooden bats
	Plastic bags, ice cream containers with lids, buckets with lids for storing work.