1st Grade - Pinch Pot Characters

We took our knowledge of how to create a pinch pot and expanded.  The students began their characters by forming their pinch pot.  With extra clay, the students created eyes, arms, hands, legs, feet, hair etc.  We learned that in order to properly attach clay, you must score and slip the pieces.  Scoring is when you scratch up both pieces where they will attach.  Slip is clay that has been watered down and become mushy.  After the pieces were bisque fired, the students used low fire gloss glazes to finish them.