POTTERY
These were the REQUIREMENTS before the REVISIONS
made on January 1, 2003.
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- Explain the properties and ingredients of a good clay body
for pottery.
- Make two drawings of pottery forms. These are to be on paper
at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches. One must be a recognized pottery
type. The other must be of your own design.
- Explain the meaning of the following pottery terms: bat,
wedging, throwing, leather, dry, bone dry, greenware, bisque,
terra-cotta, grog, slip, earthenware, stoneware, porcelain,
pyrometric cone, glaze.
- Do THREE of the following. Each is to be painted, glazed,
or otherwise decorated by you:
- Make a flat tray or dish.
- Make a box, using the slab method.
- Make a vase or jar, using the coil method.
- Make four different tiles of your own design.
- Make a human or animal figurine or decorative design.
- Throw a simple vase on a potter's wheel.
- Make a pottery form. Help to fire it.
- Make a rough drawing of a potter's wheel. Tell how it works.
- Do ONE of the following:
- Explain the scope of the ceramic industry in the United
States. Tell some of the things made, other than craft pottery.
- Visit a pottery, brickyard, ceramic plant, trade school,
or workshop. Take notes on how pottery is made. Describe
your visit.
BSA Advancement ID#: 87
Pamphlet Revision Date: 1969
Requirements last revised prior to 1982
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