Years 5 to 8 Art

Art at Medbury

Year 6 Coil Pots To make a coil pot, you firstly roll a ball of clay and make a pinch pot. Then you go over to the clay extruder or coil machine and pull down the handle until the coils come out. It’s like strings of noodles but much thicker. Next you have to join the coils onto the pinch pot and then it has to dry out before it goes in the kiln. After that we did a dip glazing and re-fired the clay.

Carter Paul, 6B

Year 7 Bunnies To make the bunnies we joined two pinch pots for the body then added heads and ears. When the clay had dried it was bisque fired and then we did a dip glazing and I chose pink. Next the rabbits had a glaze firing, which is hotter, and then they were done. I really enjoyed working with clay and I love my rabbit. Simon Lai, 7C

Year 6 Clay Animal Faces To make the animal faces, first we made them out of clay and waited for them to dry. Then Mrs Johnson fired them in the kiln and after that we waxed the bottom of the clay and then we glazed the animals. Back they went, into the kiln, for a final glaze firing. Then we attached string and hung them on the wall. Ollie Orchard, 6J