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POTTERY BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MERIT BADGE SERIES

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“Enhancing our youths’ competitive edge through merit badges” Requirements

1. Explain to your counselor the precautions that must be followed for the safe use and operation of a potter’s , equipment, and other materials. 2. Do the following: a. Explain the properties and ingredients of a good body for the following: (1) Making (2) Throwing on the b. Tell how three different kinds of potter’s work.

1 3. Make two of pottery forms, each on an 8 ⁄2-by- 11-inch sheet of . One must be a historical pottery . The other must be of your own .

35934 ISBN 978-0-8395-3314-6 ©2008 Boy Scouts of America 2015 Printing 4. Explain the meaning of the following pottery terms: bat, wedging, throwing, leather hard, bone dry, greenware, bisque, terra-cotta, grog, , score, , , , pyrometric cone, and glaze. 5. Do the following. Each piece is to be painted, glazed, or otherwise decorated by you: a. Make a slab pot, a coil pot, and a . b. Make a or animal or decorative sculpture. c. Throw a functional form on a potter’s wheel. d. Help to fire a . 6. Explain the scope of the in the United States. Tell some things made other than pottery. 7. With your parent’s permission and your counselor’s approval, do ONE of the following: a. Visit the kiln yard at a local college or other craft school. Learn how the different kinds of work, including low fire electric, gas or propane high fire, or /soda, and raku. b. Visit a , exhibit, , ’ co-op, or ’s that features pottery. After your visit, share with your counselor what you have learned. c. Using resources from the library, magazines, the Internet (with your parent’s permission), and other outlets, learn about the historical and cultural importance of pottery. Share what you discover with your counselor. 8. Find out about career opportunities in pottery. Pick one and find out the , training, and experience required for this profession. Discuss this with your coun- selor, and explain why this profession might interest you.

POTTERY 3 Pottery Resources.

Pottery Resources Scouting Literature Books , Art, and Sculpture merit Andrews, Tim. Raku. KP Books, 2005. badge pamphlets Atkin, Jacqui. Pottery Basics: Everything You Need to Know to Start Making With your parent’s permission, Beautiful . Barron’s, 2005. visit the Boy Scouts of America’s official Web site at Birks, Tony. The Complete Potter’s Companion. Bulfinch, 1998. http://www.scoutstuff.org for a complete listing of all merit Brommer, Gerald F., and Joseph A. badge pamphlets and other Gatto. Careers in Art: An Illustrated helpful Scouting materials Guide, 2nd ed. Sterling, 1999. and supplies. Burleson, Mark. The Handbook: Materials, Techniques, Formulas. Sterling, 2003. Periodicals Cooney, Nicky. Decorating Ceramics: Ceramics Monthly Over 300 Easy-to- Patterns. Toll-free telephone: 800-342-3594 Sterling, 1999. Web site: http://ceramicsmonthly.org Cosentino, Peter. The Encyclopedia of Popular Ceramics Pottery Techniques: A Comprehensive Toll-free telephone: 800-331-0038 Visual Guide to Traditional Web site: and Contemporary Techniques. http://www.popularceramics.com Sterling, 2002. Pottery Making Illustrated Daly, Greg. Glazes and Glazing Toll-free telephone: 800-340-6532 Techniques. Gentle Breeze Web site: http://www.potterymaking.org Publishing, 1996. Gibson, John. Pottery Decoration: Contemporary Approaches. Overlook, 1997.

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Hamer, Frank, and Janet Hamer. Organizations and Associations The Potter’s Dictionary of Materials American Association and Techniques. University of P.O. Box 834 Pennsylvania Press, 2004. Westport, MA 02790-0697 Hopper, Robin. Functional Pottery: Form Web site: http://www.amartpot.org and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose. The American Ceramic Society KP Books, 2000. P.O. Box 6136 ———. Making Marks: Discovering the Westerville, OH 43086-6136 Ceramic Surface. KP Books, 2004. Web site: http://www.ceramics.org Illian, Clary. A Potter’s Workbook. The Pottery Studio University of Iowa Press, 2003. Web site: http://www.studiopottery.com Mattison, Steve. The Complete Potter. Barron’s, 2003. Acknowledgments Nelson, Glenn C. Ceramics: A Potter’s The Boy Scouts of America gives Handbook. Wadsworth, 2001. special thanks to pottery expert Louise Peterson, Susan. The Craft and Art of Rosenfield for her gracious and enthusi- Clay: A Complete Potter’s Handbook. astic gift of time, expertise, and resources Overlook, 2003. for the production of this edition of the Pottery merit badge pamphlet. Speight, Charlotte, and John Toki. The BSA is grateful to potter Hands in Clay. McGraw-Hill, 2003. Mark Hewitt of W. M. Hewitt Pottery, Triplett, Kathy. Handbuilt Ceramics: Pittsboro, North Carolina, for hosting Pinching, , Extruding, a photo shoot at his fascinating studio. Molding, Slip , Slab Work. Some of the photos in this pamphlet Lark, 2000. his immense, 900-cubic-foot kiln, Van Gilder, Bill. Wheel-Thrown Pottery: which he describes as “the size of a An Illustrated Guide of Basic school bus.” This renowned potter spe- Techniques. Lark Books, 2006. cializes in very large vessels, many of which are exhibited around the world. Warshaw, Josie. Handbuilding Pottery: Thanks also to the Craft of Practical Art Handbook. Anness Dallas and its staff for so generously Publishing, 2005. allowing us the use of their facilities for Wensley, Doug. Pottery: The Essential a photo shoot. For more than 50 years Manual. Crowood, 2002. the Craft Guild has served as a meeting Zakin, Richard. Ceramics: Mastering the place for hobbyists and artists, and as a Craft. KP Books, 2001. showplace for their works of art. The BSA thanks members of Troop ———. Electric Kiln Ceramics. KP 93, Pittsboro, North Carolina, and Books, 2004. Troop 890, Circle Ten Council, Dallas, Zamek, Jeff. Safety in the Ceramics Texas, for their assistance with photos. Studio. KP Books, 2002.

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