Jars

Jar Requirements

• 3 sketches due before construction (Imagine, sketch, make what you’ve imagined)

• 1.5-2 lbs of clay (no larger than a grapefruit or a tall glass)

• 5-6 inch height–no more; no less; 4 inch minimum width

• A stable and additive foot

• Lock cut lid (All other advanced locking lid options are optional)

• Neat and clean rims

• Creative knob (Avoid spheres)

• Even wall thickness ⅜ or less

• Interesting, unique shape, or form (egg shaped is minimal and not creative)

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

• Work legibly includes first initial, last name and period

• Work applies the required steps of the building method

• If you have made two pinch method forms in the last two projects you must choose a different building method.

•  Work must be decorated with at least one of the following methods:

  • Additive, carved, pierced, imprinted, sgraffito, mishima, paper resit, image transfer, tape resist, or onglaze decoration

Unit length: 2 weeks (5 classes)