Week 3 Lab Group D Data

Process:

To create the clay that we ultimately used to scuplt the pots, we mixed 500g of art clay, 80g of sand, 16g of gravel, and 4g of chaff. The original plan was to use hay as chaff, but it was difficult to get down to a small size. So, I used hay and my other two group members used pine shavings. Mixing in the temper proved slightly difficult, but after enough kneading, it all mixed in well. The pot made using the clay with hay had noticable long pieces in the mixed clay, which made it difficult to work with and was likely bad for the structural integrity of the pot.

Once the clay was mixed, we constructed the pots using coil-building methods. We started with a small pinch pot and added coils of clay to the rim to expand the pot, using water to soften the clay so the two pieces would bond.

Data:

Note: Missing data will be updated soon

	Clay	Sand	Gravel	Chaff
Weight	500	80	16	4
Percent	83.33%	13.33%	2.66%	0.66%

Elek’s Pot

	Original Measurements	After 1 day	loss
Weight	582g	526g	56g
Height	12cm	11.5cm	0.5cm
Rim diameter	4.8cm	4.8cm	0cm
Widest part diameter	8.75cm	8cm	0.75cm
Wall section	0.75cm	0.6cm	0.15cm

Caroline’s Pot

	Original Measurements	After 1 day	loss
Weight	824g	754g	70g
Height	9.5cm	9.5cm	0cm
Rim diameter	11cm	11cm	0cm
Widest part diameter	12.5cm	12cm	0.5cm
Wall section	0.5cm	0.5cm	0cm

Evan’s Pot

	Original Measurements	After 1 day	loss
Weight	576g	532g	44g
Height	8.25cm	8cm	0.25cm
Rim diameter	6cm	5.8cm	0.2cm
Widest part diameter	8cm	8cm	0cm
Wall section	1cm	1cm	0cm