Assembling the Sculptural Shoes in Clay from Patterns; Phase 1- Easy Construction

This video is a step by step guide for my students in assembling the sculptural shoes from patterns we made the previous class for our shoes for the shoe project in Ceramics I. We will be using soft slabs and coils to create these dynamic sculptures.
Video 1 in series: Create the Patterns for the Shoes • Creating a Shoe Patter...
Video 2 in series: Assembling the Clay Shoe from Patterns • Assembling the Sculptu...
Video 3 in series: Cleaning and refining the leatherhard shoe • Making a Sculptural SH...
Video 4 in series: Detailing and Finishing the shoes • Finishing the Sculptur...
Video 5 in series: 3 ways to finish the shoes using oxides and glazes • Video
I have a playlist of all the videos I will be using for this project located here:
• Sculptural Clay Shoes-...
To begin, the kids will take their patterns which were shrunk on the copier prior to this bell, and cut them apart with scissors. Then, they will roll out their clay into a slab for the base- standard is ⅜” (our yellow-coded sticks) or if thicker is desired, they will stand the sticks on edge to get closer to ⅝”. They will cut out the sole and set aside. The side patterns will be either cut from ⅜” thick slabs, or built from coiling techniques which are pinky thick- or again, ⅜” in thickness.
Assembly should begin with the TOE BOX portion first- and a coil should be placed on the inside. If you would like to order one of the handmade tools we use for the toe portion, you can find them on my Etsy shop here: www.etsy.com/K...
Each section is assembled with scoring, slipping, and blending on the interior. If a tongue is used, that is often stretched a bit wider, and then thinned, and inserted from behind.
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I am a public high school ceramics teacher at William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. (Mason is currently the largest high school in Ohio!) As a potter, I have been working in clay for over 30 years, and I have been teaching for over 29 years, the past 20 + have been specifically teaching high school ceramics. I love what I do! I have my own studio in my home basement, where I work on my personal pottery for my Etsy site; www.etsy.com/s...
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[@lourdesrodriguez6470]

Where can i buy the wooden tool??

[@KaransPotsAndGlass]

Here you go- I sell them on my Etsy! www.etsy.com/listing/972168720/