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Re: [teacherartexchange] Middle School

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From: Woody Duncan (woodyduncan_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Thu Jan 29 2009 - 15:15:51 PST

I agree with Maggie about the red or terra cotta clay. Middle School
kids love clay.
Yes glaze is expensive - so buy red iron oxide (powder) mix it with
water and brush
it onto the fired sculpture, then wipe it off - looks wonderful.
                                                Woody

On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:22 PM, mwhiteec@cablemodem.com.ec wrote:

> Haven't taught ceramics in several years, but I remember it being
> cheaper than painting. I
> used to buy 50 lb. bags of Amaco's "Indian Red" (dry) which is a
> rather coarse low-fire clay
> suitable for handbuilding. At the time it was about $16/bag. Skip
> the colored glazes--that's
> what costs so much.
>
> Maggie
>
>> AS our budget is shrinking to nearly nothing next year, what
>> could you suggest to do instead
>> of a ceramics elective for 8th grade kids interested in art? We
>> already have a drawing and
>> painting, altered book and sculpture elective that we can probably
>> continue....

Woody, Retired in Albuquerque
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