Traditional Craft: Making a Ceramic Mug

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Classroom Material
Keywords
mug ceramics wheel glaze visual art craft Appalachia traditional Berea College wedging clay potter's wheel centering opening thickness walls trim shaping rib tool wire cutter stamp handle slip bisque kiln glazing glaze kiln
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The Arts
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Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Traditional Craft: Making a Ceramic Mug

Learn how a ceramic mug is crafted in this video from Berea College Crafts. The potter uses a potter’s wheel and shapes the mug from a ball of clay in a process called throwing the clay. Once the mug is trimmed, it is left to dry overnight. The potter then adds a handle. The mug is fired in a bisque kiln, glazed, and then fired again to create the finished product.
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PBS Learning Media

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