Pit firing. The original method for "baking" clay. It dates back to nearly 30,000 years ago. Typically done in a hole or pit in the ground, the pots are placed in and burned. SAGGARSA saggar is a boxlike container used in the firing of pottery to protect ware in kilns. They are used to safeguard ware from open flames, smoke, gases and kiln debris. They are typically ceramics. However, there are foil and paper saggars, which are made of foil and paper (respectively).
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Pinterest Board for Free Project HERE I was looking up Free Projects- art stuff made out of free stuff, when I saw some cool looking spiders. They were lit up, one red, one green and one blue spider - made with colored light bulbs and wire. Super cool, right? It looked like the artist used no glue, just wire, by wrapping each leg around the middle. There also seems to be a little battery stuck on the light bulbs, which is probably the reason they are lit up. Because this looked like a great & awesome project, I decided to attempt a "light bug" as well. The light bulbs I used were broken and cannot light up. I'm not sure if I'd want to try and light them up, even if they could, because of the wire wrapped around it. The creator I based my work off of didn't appear to use any hot glue for the legs or anything else. This proved too difficult for me, as I had not enough wire to wrap each leg around the thorax. This means that I had to go with the hot glue gun and glue absolutely everything. I cut each leg out of wire with wire cutters, bent the legs into shape, then glued them on. This project was very entertaining and interesting to see, everyone had different ideas and different materials. When you get to see other people making art, it is always fun. This project was definitely a success. It was not hard to make all the legs, but definitely a bother. The legs could have been better but this way it gives off a good effect, the little messy appearance. It is somewhat realistic
Pinterest board for vessel project: here To make my vessel, I took a slab of clay and rolled it out using the slab roller. Then, out of the flat clay, I cut a rectangle out. The rectangle was made into a cylindrical shape. A small circle was cut out of the flat clay as well and then Score n' Slip'd to the bottom of the cylinder. The handle wa smade out of a small piece of clay, slightly rectangular in shape, which was bent to provide a curve. The petals were added on, along with the thorns and leaves. After this was fired, then it was glazed, providing what there is now Also, I made a small bowl-like thing. This was a fun project to do, and fairly simple.. Though it did take a while. It was hard to come up with an idea for what to do, and I'm not sure that I would want to try and do this again.. Then again, it might be fun. I think the red and yellow contrasted enough (while looking good together) to be nice colors together.
WE Made animal head sculptures in sculpture class. They were fun to make. I made a squirrel and a rabbit head.
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