Pinch Pots - High School

Once I have clearly laid a foundation of book learning about clay (about 3 weeks), students are ready to start learning construction techniques for hand-building. I start teaching Pinch Pot Construction, since it is the easiest and gives students a good feel for working with clay.

Here are a few examples of pinch pots:

Incising a design when leather hard, the glazing

This student was inspired by a painting of her parents'

This assignment required students to make three pots

This young lady made a beautiful design on the bottom