Unit 7: Incense Burners

Requirements: Burner 1 

• Take three pictures: Profile view, top-down view, bottom view that shows name and period.

• Work shares a “1-to1” likeness to the original from chimney, firebox, aperture, and foot: Circle one (Exact, Similar, Fair, Minimal)

• Please circle the method/s you used: (pinch, coil, soft slab, rigid slab)

• ¼”-⅜” wall thickness

• 1.5 lbs of clay 

• 6” in height minimum; 8” maximum

• Must have a minimum 3” chimney/flue

• Must have a minimum 2” symmetrical aperture/hole with room for an 1” incense cone to clear.

• Clean and finished chimney rim

• Must have a stable and proportional foot 

• Work shows clay literacy (Few to no pinch marks, slumping, sagging, warping, support coils when needed, etc.)

• Work is neat, clean, and refined.

• Work legibly includes first initial, last name and period

• Form 1 Unit Length: two weeks/5 classes         

Burner 2 Requirements

• Take three pictures: Profile view, top-down view, bottom view that shows name and period.

• Please circle the method/s you used: (pinch, coil, soft slab, rigid slab)

• 3 original, to scale, conceptual sketches that include the profile, top down and bottom view (Due before construction)

• 1 Incense Burner–Original Design–Not a replica of the inspiration images from the slides

• ¼”- ⅜” wall thickness

• 6” in height minimum: 8” maximum

• Must have a 3” chimney/flue

• Must have a minimum 2” aperture/hole with room for an 1” incense cone to clear.

• Clean and finished chimney rim

• Must have a stable and proportional foot

• Work shows clay literacy (Few to no pinch marks, slumping, sagging, warping, support coils when needed,  templates, etc.)

• You MUST choose a different building method than your first burner building method

• Non-representational (No snakes, hearts, octopi, moons, faces, honey pots, daisy flower decorations, etc.) *Please review my policy on representational work discussed earlier in the year. 

• Form 2 Unit Length: two weeks/5 classes