Clay Totem Pole

Vocabulary:

3D: Anything that has length, width, and depth

Freestanding: the individual pieces of the totem are able to stand on their own with a flat base

Score- creating lines going in two different directions such as hashtags in clay to attach two pieces together (first step in the score, slip, squeeze process)

Slip- really wet clay that is placed on the scored areas before squeezing two pieces of clay together to join them (second step in the score, slip, squeeze process)

Squeeze: pressing the clay pieces together until the water bubbles come out (the final step in the process to attach two pieces of clay together)

Touchpoints: Where the clay touches another part of the clay; strengthens both pieces

Real Texture: Texture that you can both see and feel

Implied Texture: Texture that has been added by drawing or pressing into the clay; it is not real and you can see it but it does not feel as it looks

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