2 Spring 2000 Clay Links—The Clay Classroom by Barbara Coultry

2 Spring 2000 Clay Links—The Clay Classroom by Barbara Coultry...................................................................................... 6 The Internetoffers great web sites for art teachers, but for the pottery challenged, these sites provide information, inspiration and instructions. Industrial Worker s Cups by Richard Burkett................................................................. 9 Explore the creative possibilities of making your own extruder dies from cutting boards. Richard Burkett explains the step-by-step process he goes through to cre ate his unusual cups. Unlocking the Secrets of Crystalline Glazes by George Juliano with Elizabeth Hudgins ........................... 14 Fascinated by the beauty of crystalline glazes, potter George Juliano worked to understand just how to get good results and reveals his findings. Mug Handles by Sumi von Dassow............................................................. 18 Add the right flair and finish to your mug with a pulled handle. Step-by-step photos show you the way, all you need to add is a little practice. Tools of the Trade When you can’t find just the right tool for your studio needs, you canmake your own. We’ve brought together four methods for fabricatingcustom tools you won’t be able to find anywhere else. Trimming Toolsby Don Adamaitis...............................20 Adams Ribby Don Adamaitis....................................... 22 Profile Tools and Ribsby Lili Krakowski......................24 Throwing Sticksby Ivor Lewis ................................... 29 Lighthouses That Make Kids Shine by Craig Hinshaw .................................................................33 Engage the child or children in your life with this clay project they’ll be happy to make and proud to keep. Tiles and Teens by Karen Perkins .................................................................37 Teenagers in Springfield, Oregon, contribute their skill and talent to add a touch of art to a stage in their public park. Slab Mat by Sylvia Shirley ..................................................................40 Keep your dowel rods in place with this handy tip. Grog Basics.................................................................. 42 PMI takes a trip to Maryland Refractories to get the nitty gritty on how grog is made. Off the Shelf—Spontaneous Combustion by Sumi von Dassow..............................................................46 Check out recommended books on raku and smoke-fired pottery. Cover: Pair of Cups, 4 inches in height, soda-fired porcelain, by Richard Burkett See story on page 9. 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For orders outside North America, add $6 ($2 for additional copies). In Canada, add 7% GST. Postmaster:Send address changes toPottery Making Illustrated, PO Box 6136,Westerville, OH 43086-6136. Form 3579 requested. Copyright © 2000 The American Ceramic Society All rights reserved www.ceramics.org 4 Spring 2000 Pottery Makingillustrated 5 The Clay Classroom I went looking for web sites designed specifically for ceramics teach ers; and I imagined these sites would also cater to potters who wanted to involve their children, and to other types of teachers who wanted to add more ceramics to the curriculum. I didn’t find what I was looking for, however, I found something else. What follows are excellent educational resources, but don’t reject one of them just because it doesn’t deal specifically with clay or because its geared toward elementary education. Maybe you teach adults only, or maybe you don’t teach anyone at all, but keep tnese things in mind: Ideas can be upgraded to adult level; projects using another medium can by Barbara Coultry always be translated into clay, and creative ideas can be found everywhere. The Language of Children’s Art www.ualberta.ca/~publicas/folio/9798/02.06/10.htm If a child says it’s a picture of a tree, but it looks like no tree you’ve ever seen, which one of you doesn’t know what a tree really looks like? You’ll find the answer within this article writ ten by Deborah Johnston forFolio , the University of Alberta’s newspaper. I recommend that you bookmark the page or print it out because it contains something vital to being an artist, to understanding art and, more importantly, to allowing the natur al artist within each child to thrive. (I also suggest you delete everything in the URL following “folio” and press the Enter key. There are excellent articles throughout.) The @rt Room www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/@ rtroom_home.html Dr. Craig Roland of the University of Florida has built a room for all of us. From the “Doorway” go to @rtSparkers if you need to jumpstart your own or your students’ creative bat teries. In this room you can do such things as “Draw Like a Cat.” In the @rtrageousThinking room you’re encouraged to think like an artist, to turn things inside out and upside down. Walk down the hall to the gallery of children’s art, go to the library to find a new book or meander off (only after you’ve seen each room) down a road that’s marked with well-chosen links. Kinderart www.kinderart.com This site is a tightly packed collection of lesson plans for all kinds of art relating to all kinds of subjects. However, it’s not just an idea factory for those of you who are teachers. When was the last time you designed a mask, made a drum, used glaze as if it was watercolor? Have you ever built a totem pole (small, of course), played for a day making magnets or taken a hammer to your rejects and turned them into a mosaic? This is definitely a place for a child or adult, teacher or not. If you happen to be an art teacher, wander on over to the forum to see what others are thinking, doing and looking for. Barbara Coultrywelcomes suggestions and comments from readers about ClayLinks. Please send your favorite sites and discoveries to her at [email protected]. While she can’t respond to each e-mail, she will check every link suggested. 6 Spring 2000 Amaco www.amaco.com/WhatsNew/index.html You can’t work with clay very long without coming to know the name Amaco, but have you thought of giving the company a virtual visit? Besides having all kinds of information on their prod ucts, they have a small PDF library of lesson plans that are free for downloading and printing out. These plans require no touch-up; they’re excellent as is. My personal favorite is the one dealing with prehistoric art, but find your own favorite by clicking on “Student Lesson Plans Sc Instructional Information.” Skutt Ceramic Products www.skutt.com Besides having all kinds of information on using, maintaining and troubleshooting kilns, Skutt has additional PDF versions of Amaco’s lesson plans that are free for downloading and printing out. Polyform - “The Sculpey People!” www.sculpey.com Here’s an excellent resource of ideas for polymer clay, the interesting cousin to “real” clay. Anything you can do in polymer, you can translate into tra ditional ceramics. ArtsEdNet www.artsednet.getty.edu A site devoted to art teachers with plenty of interest for all, ArtsEdNet is planning a complete overhaul of the site in the near future, so return periodically to check for changes. The Incredible Art Department www.artswi re.orglken roar Ken Roher has supplied teachers with a cornu copia of lesson plans that also work as idea gen erators.

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