The residents and children at Angel Court surprised themselves with how well their pinch and slab pots have started to come together. Working in pairs, one old, one young, they first manipulated to clay into small bowl shapes. They were then fitted inside each other creating a gap between the two. These were sealed top and bottom creating a hollowed bowl shape which would become the body of the hen or other creature. Details were then added.
Clay is proving to be a very popular medium to work with, even for arthritic hands. This ensures that everyone feels they can contribute. Of course there is the added excitement, when using ceramics, that we won’t know until they come out of the kiln what the end product will look like.
Glazing will take place over the next few weeks.
Article 2 – All children have these rights no matter of their circumstance.
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- Manipulating the clay into a small bowl shape.
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- The residents formed larger bowls.
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- These will create small egg cups.
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- The bowls were then placed inside each other and sealed.
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- The sealing creates a double skinned pot. This helps to prevent it exploding in the kiln.
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- At the other end of the table slab pots were being made.
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- The slabs were then cut to shape and curled around a cylinder to create the body of the pot.
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- Adding detail to the egg cups.
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- Some of the egg cups were made to look like hens.
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- Making Christmas decorations from the slabs.
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- Embossing the clay with festive patterns.
