In year 4 art for the past three weeks, we have been making coil pots. It is a skillful process and here's how we did it.
Firstly, we rolled out a piece of clay to an even thickness and cut it into a circle or oval shape to be the base. Then we rolled out four or five long coils to the same length (making sure they would fit around the base). Then came the most important part: scoring and slipping the clay and joining all the coils. After that we made decorative shapes to top the pot and smoothed the clay for a perfect finish.
In the second lesson, we primed the clay using a mix of pva glue and white paint. Also, we designed our colours and patterns.
In the final lesson, we painted the clay to our design!
Here are some of our final pieces.
