A Tour of My High School Ceramics Studio! Helpful Tips and Ideas for Other HS Ceramics Teachers!
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2022
- This video is for my other teachers who are teaching ceramics and may be looking for some ideas on classroom organization and some helpful tips. By no means am I saying my ways are best, but they are some really good ways that I have found that work for me in my classroom!
Feel free to message me if you have any questions!
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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 30 years, the past 2 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/shop/KaransPotsA...
I started my RUclips channel to make videos to help my students if they are absent and miss a demo, or if they would like to explore more advanced techniques independently. I have been amazed to reach such a wider audience than my own students!
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Thank you for making this video! As an author, this was incredibly useful to help with setting description details!
That’s amazing!
Watching this should qualify us for an hour of PD.
lol!!!!
I’m not a teacher, I’m just teaching myself via RUclips… this is an amazing space! I love your videos, thank you for sharing!
So glad you are back!
You certainly are organized. I love your neat and clean classroom. I enjoy your teaching.
Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing. I would’ve loved to take this class in school , but it wasn’t offered. Having some basic techniques sparks ingenuity. I love clay , and mud.
Wow! not only are you lucky to be able to teach highschool pottery but to have such a lovely teaching studio is fantastic!! When I was in school we had a single concrete bench at the back of the general craft room and 1 wheel. 🙂
I know I am very blessed!!! Thanks!
I cannot thank you enough for this video! I am in the process of planning to renovate my shop to turn a section of the building into pottery studio to teach classes. This helps a lot to give me ideas on how to set up, and what necessary items i need to stock up on.
Thank you :)
Glad it was helpful! Good luck!!
Beautiful workshop!
Thank you, this is most helpful.
Welcome back! Hope you had a great summer!
Thank you! You too!
Thank You for sharing this!! Wish my classroom had been like yours!!
I realize just how blessed I am!!! 🥰
Wow, you have a great space. My high school studio is a classroom converted into a clay studio. I have come a long way since desk, lol. But, I am jealous!
I think you and your studio are amazing! I wish i was 50 years younger, and could be one of your students!
Age is just a number, Stephanie! 😉 You can still be my student- just virtually!!
Thank you for the content you create! Question - how do you keep your studio so clean and tidy? Do the kids carve out a portion of class time to clean? Thanks!
Yes, we always use the last 10 minutes as clean up time!!! Admittedly, my room is spotless at the moment as the custodial staff removed my furniture and waxed my floors while we were out this summer!! Here’s how I teach my kids to clean my room! How To CLEAN the Ceramics Studio!
ruclips.net/video/yHm6-mxk-MU/видео.html
@@KaransPotsAndGlass thank you so much for your quick response! I love how you have organized your studio and each work area. Again - thank you for the wonderful (and truly helpful) content you provide and your speedy response. Wishing you and your students a great year of fun and creativity ❤️
Le rêve 😍😍
where can I find your kiln room video? Also, do you have a projector or monitor to show videos on in the classroom. I really like your use of space. We are getting a new school in 4-5 years, I am really hoping to have a working space similar to this, especially the sinks.
Hi Margaret- not sure I have a specific kiln room video yet! Guess I still need to shoot it! I do have a projector for videos- no issue with dust, but we have fairly clean room with the daily mopping at the end of the classes!
Do the kids cut clay from the boxes for projects? Do they store excess clay in damp box or put back in clay box bag? Or Do they put not used clay in pug? Does your pug de-air? I think I have same model and vacum doesnt work. Once clay is pugged do you put in bag or trash bin for use?
Hi Katie- I actually open the clay bags myself and cut the clay into appropriate sized pieces for work on that day. (I find if I leave it to them to cut, they make a mess of the block and take way more than they actually need- causing me much more work in the end.). The clay that they don't use, we immediately pug. Yes, my Peter Pugger is vacuum de-airing. If you reach out to Peter Pugger, they can help you troubleshoot your issues. I have a video on using it too, with tricks that may help. Once pugged, I break it into useable practical lengths, re-bag it, and store it in a lidded rolling trash can. Kids just take out as they need. Only during the 2020-21 school year did I have the kids keep and manage their personal clay. We stopped that however and began using community shared clay again.
How many kids do you have in each class? I have 3 classes of 25 students. One kiln, 4 pottery wheels and a very tight budget. Small space. Any suggestions on how to pull this off? I am struggling. :)
Teach the kids to clean the studio well, and to reclaim their own clay at the beginning.... if they can do that, it will save you a lot of time! Have them be as organized with their stuff as possible, and identify everything clearly. I have classes which have 24 kids... (as I have 6 tables, 4 per table). As for the wheels, a rotating schedule works for me. (some kids on the wheel for a week or two then off) I present a few projects, and have them work on them at their own pacing and whatever order they want. I only do wheel in level 2 and above, as level one classes are also taught in the adjacent studio, which has no wheels. That, and the amount of reclaim would be crazy if I added in wheel for the level 1s. As for tight budget, I recommend fewer glazes, and maybe have them play up textures for variety. Homemade tools can save some money too- like making ribs from keycards!
i also want to become a ceramics teacher i’m starting college in a few weeks to get my bfa!
Awesome!! Congratulations!!!
Where do you buy the plastic to make templates?
Amazon- I should have a link on the Google doc in the video description!
How do you use a “kiln or firing ticket” and “patty”? I’m envisioning a clay slab with the kids name on it that you fire their work on...no.....yes? Let me know.
I show what we do here at 26 minutes!! I fire the patties green, but they have to be thoroughly dry. When I make patties for my home studio I make them thicker and kiln wash them for reuse. ruclips.net/video/eAp5L_-F3_s/видео.html
Where do you find these containers?
Which containers? The tool bins? They’re dishpans!
How many students do you have?
I have semester length classes- 150 kids each semester.
How many students do you have?
I have 6 semester long classes with about 150 each semester. Another teacher teaches two more classes of ceramics as well- for another 50 more kids. So, firing for about 200 kids!